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Lone Swordsman Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
to focus - Passive or Active voice?
0 Hi, 02 br
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00 I'd like to ask you, is it ok to use the passive voice of the verb "to focus" in this sentence: 02 br
01 i 00 All this time 01 b 00 John's been focused on 02 b 00 blah-blah-blah... 02 i 02 br
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00 I'm kind of confused about what/who performs the action on John in that case...On the other hand, the following sentence sounds odd: 02 br
01 i 00 All this time 01 b 00 John's focused on 02 b 00 blah-blah-blah... 02 i 02 br
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00 And Google tells that the Passive voice is the right choice to go with. 02 br
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00 Thanks. 0-
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00 I'd like to ask you, is it ok to use the passive voice of the verb "to focus" in this sentence: 02 br
01 i 00 All this time 01 b 00 John's been focused on 02 b 00 blah-blah-blah... 02 i 02 br
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00 I'm kind of confused about what/who performs the action on John in that case...On the other hand, the following sentence sounds odd: 02 br
01 i 00 All this time 01 b 00 John's focused on 02 b 00 blah-blah-blah... 02 i 02 br
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00 And Google tells that the Passive voice is the right choice to go with. 02 br
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00 Thanks. 0-
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" 02 br 02 br 00 I don't have time to have children - I'm focused on my career right now. 0-
- " 02 br 02 br 00 I don't have time to have children - I'm focused on my career right now.
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0 Wrong sense of "Focus." 02 br
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00 It's not a the same as "He focused the light projector" or "he focused the camera." 02 br
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00 It means "to pay specific attention to someone." 02 br
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00 I don't have time to have children - I'm focused on my career right now. (Or: I don't care that my job isn't fulfilling; I'm focusing on my childre
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00 It's not a the same as "He focused the light projector" or "he focused the camera." 02 br
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00 It means "to pay specific attention to someone." 02 br
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00 I don't have time to have children - I'm focused on my career right now. (Or: I don't care that my job isn't fulfilling; I'm focusing on my childre
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0 01 b 00 GG 02 b 00 , thanks for your reply. 02 br
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00 Looks like I get the point, but that's very interesting that the sentences with the same subject have practically the same meaning in spite of different (Active/Passive) verb forms. 0-
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00 Looks like I get the point, but that's very interesting that the sentences with the same subject have practically the same meaning in spite of different (Active/Passive) verb forms. 0-
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01 cite 10 Lone Swordsman 12 cite 10 Looks like I get the point, but that's very interesting that the sentences with the same subject have practically the same meaning in spite of different (Active/Passive) verb forms. 12 br10 Indeed. That sometimes happens in English. The context will tell you what is mea
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01 cite 10 Lone Swordsman 12 cite 11 i 10 All this time 11 b 10 John's [John has] been focused on 12 b 10 blah-blah-blah... 12 i 12 br
10 ... 11 i 10 All this time 11 b 10 John's [John is] focused on 12 b 10 blah-blah-blah... 12 i 10 Passive? No. There's nothing passive her
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1 b 00 CalifJim 02 b 00 , 01 b 00 Cool Breeze 02 b 00 thanks for your input. 02 br
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01 b 00 CalifJim 02 b 00 , I had a feeling that 01 i 00 "focused" 02 i 00 in the first sentence (the second sentence was meant to go like ...John's [John has] focused on...,which is absolutely wrong) was an adjective, not a verb, but
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01 b 00 CalifJim 02 b 00 , I had a feeling that 01 i 00 "focused" 02 i 00 in the first sentence (the second sentence was meant to go like ...John's [John has] focused on...,which is absolutely wrong) was an adjective, not a verb, but
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