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Rotter Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
To sing or to be sung
India's national song Vande Mataram has found itself in the thick of a political controversy.
The Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party wants the song to be sung in all schools on 7 September, the centenary of its adoption.
Muslim groups say the Sanskrit-language song is a hymn to the Hindu goddess Durga and it is against the tenets of Islam to sing it.
The song was written by Bengali poet Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1876.
It was first sung at the Congress Party session in Varanasi in 1905.
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Shouldn't it be the party wants the song to sing in all schools on 7 September?
Why do they want to write 'to be sung' ?
Your comments, please.
The Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party wants the song to be sung in all schools on 7 September, the centenary of its adoption.
Muslim groups say the Sanskrit-language song is a hymn to the Hindu goddess Durga and it is against the tenets of Islam to sing it.
The song was written by Bengali poet Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1876.
It was first sung at the Congress Party session in Varanasi in 1905.
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Shouldn't it be the party wants the song to sing in all schools on 7 September?
Why do they want to write 'to be sung' ?
Your comments, please.
Top answer
"to be sung" is correct. Think of it as a contraction of: The Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party wants the song to be sung by people in all schools... or another way of saying: The Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party wants people to sing the song in all schools...
- "to be sung" is correct.
- Think of it as a contraction of: The Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party wants the song to be sung by people in all schools...
- or another way of saying: The Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party wants people to sing the song in all schools...
- You can't have "to sing"unless you have a subject to do the singing.
- "The song" is not the subject of "sing", it is the object.
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"to be sung" is correct.
Think of it as a contraction of:
The Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party wants the song to be sung by people in all schools...
or another way of saying:
The Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party wants people to sing the song in all schools...
You can't have "to sing"unless you have a subject to do the singing. "
Think of it as a contraction of:
The Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party wants the song to be sung by people in all schools...
or another way of saying:
The Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party wants people to sing the song in all schools...
You can't have "to sing"unless you have a subject to do the singing. "
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Is it a passive sentence to say the song to be sung by people?
Is it a passive sentence to say the song to be sung by people?
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Yes, it's passive. The song will be sung, just like the picture will be hung.
I painted this for you so it could be hung (by you) in your living room.
I painted this for you so it could be hung (by you) in your living room.
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