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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Threatened not to open

He is threatened not to open his mouth.

Is the above sentence natural?
  

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Is the above sentence natural? No. It's quite unnatural in fact.

  • Is the above sentence natural?
  • No.
  • It's quite unnatural in fact.
  • to threaten to + verb applies to the subject of an active sentence.
  • Larry threatened to leave if Luke didn't apologize.
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AnonymousHe is threatened not to open his mouth.Is the above sentence natural?
No. It's quite unnatural in fact.

to threaten to + verb applies to the subject of an active sentence.

Larry threatened to leave if Luke didn't apologize.

The passive form (to be threatened to + verb), where the infinitive appli

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