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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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to be won

more than 5000 prizes to be won!

The above sentence is future tense, but we are using 'won' that is past tense of 'win'. Kindly just explain me the usage here
  

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Anonymous The above sentence is future tense, No, it is not. First, it is not a sentence, but a noun phrase. The passive infinitive (to be won) modifies the noun "prizes".

  • Anonymous The above sentence is future tense, No, it is not.
  • First, it is not a sentence, but a noun phrase.
  • The passive infinitive (to be won) modifies the noun "prizes".
  • The infinitive has 4 different forms: eg.
  • 'love" with example sentences: to love (infinitive) It is good to love someone.
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AnonymousThe above sentence is future tense,
No, it is not. First, it is not a sentence, but a noun phrase. The passive infinitive (to be won) modifies the noun "prizes".

The infinitive has 4 different forms: eg. 'love" with example sentences:

to love (infinitive) It is good to love someone.
to be loved (passive infinitive) It feels

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