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Pen hat 746 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

This resulted from your efforts vs This was resulted from your efforts.

A worksheet I am working on has a question that asks to circle the correct one and the question is,

This (resulted/was resulted) from your efforts.

The answer is, This resulted from your efforts. The first choice "resulted" is the correct answer.

Can anyone explain to me why it's not "was resulted"?

  

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pen hat 746 Can anyone explain to me why it's not "was resulted"? The verb "result" is intransitive. It does not take an object.

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  • pen hat 746 Can anyone explain to me why it's not "was resulted"?
  • The verb "result" is intransitive.
  • It does not take an object.
  • So it cannot be used in the passive voice.
  • com/dictionary/english/result Or the "verb" definition here.
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pen hat 746Can anyone explain to me why it's not "was resulted"?

The verb "result" is intransitive. It does not take an object. So it cannot be used in the passive voice. See entry #3 here

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/engli

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pen hat 746Can anyone explain to me why it's not "was resulted"?

That's "was the result of". You have two ways of saying it:

It resulted from your efforts. / It was the result of your efforts.

CJ

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