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Bmojtaba Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

transitive and intransitive

'stop' mean 'to stop or to be stopped' so what's difference in the following sentences??

'The car stopped'
'The car was stopped'

I think both of them have the same meaning exatcly...so what's your idea??
  

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With no more context, they could mean the same thing. However, "The car was stopped on the side of the road" = the car was standing, not moving, probably not running, perhaps even abandoned.

— Philip

  • With no more context, they could mean the same thing.
  • However, "The car was stopped on the side of the road" = the car was standing, not moving, probably not running, perhaps even abandoned.
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With no more context, they could mean the same thing.
However, "The car was stopped on the side of the road" = the car was standing, not moving, probably not running, perhaps even abandoned.
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There are many verbs like ' stop'

rip:to tear & to be torn
'A paper ripped'
'A paper was ripped'

scorch:to burn & to be burnt
'The wall scorched'
'The wall was scorched''

So what's difference between active and passive voice in the above sentences???
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