To watch/watching
I watched the man. He bumped into a woman.
The passive form should be, according to an English professor, "The man was watched to bump into a woman"
It just sounds completely wrong, in my opinion. I'd go with "the man was watched bumping into / to have bumped a woman". I know that the active form doesn't have "he was bumping", so we can't say it was a continuous action, but still it makes far more sense than "watched to bump". Is this really the only acceptable option?
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PECULIAR773 The passive form should be, according to an English professor, "The man was watched to bump into a woman"It just sounds completely wrong, in my opinion Yes, wrong. Once again, the point of active <=> passive conversion exercises is shown to be moot. To make a reasonable native sentence, we need to do this: The man was seen bumping / to bump into a woman.
- PECULIAR773 The passive form should be, according to an English professor, "The man was watched to bump into a woman"It just sounds completely wrong, in my opinion Yes, wrong.
- Once again, the point of active <=> passive conversion exercises is shown to be moot.
- To make a reasonable native sentence, we need to do this: The man was seen bumping / to bump into a woman.
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PECULIAR773The passive form should be, according to an English professor, "The man was watched to bump into a woman"It just sounds completely wrong, in my opinion
Yes, wrong. Once again, the point of active <=> passive conversion exercises is shown to be moot. To make a reasonable native sentence, we need to do this:
The man was seen bumpin
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