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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The same meaning?

Flowers will attract bees.
Bees will be attracted to flowers.
Bees will be attracted by flowers.
Do the sentences have the same meaning?
  

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Anonymous Do the sentences have the same meaning? Yes, but only the third is the passive form of the first. The second could conceivably mean that the attraction is not flower-generated, but that would be an odd interpretation.

  • Anonymous Do the sentences have the same meaning?
  • Yes, but only the third is the passive form of the first.
  • The second could conceivably mean that the attraction is not flower-generated, but that would be an odd interpretation.
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AnonymousDo the sentences have the same meaning?
Yes, but only the third is the passive form of the first. The second could conceivably mean that the attraction is not flower-generated, but that would be an odd interpretation.

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