Two clause sentense

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Thanks for your reply. I just wanted to check if it is correct or not? I translated this from Uzbek into English. Is everything correct with these themes? These are the names of the themes. I want to write course work on these themes. I have 5 themes. If I translate them correct I can find Informations easily, otherwise it's difficult even the words are correct. I need the correct names for my the

Great! Now I understand.
1 makes sense.
2 passive constructions with repeated actions [ John was often ridiculed because of his appearance (?) ]
3 Use of the bare form of the verb: smell, like, appear, sing, etc.
4 Two-clause sentences; single-clause sentences
5 This doesn't make sense to me. Participles don't have voice, so can you offer an example or two? Perhaps then I c

Philip5 This doesn't make sense to me. Participles don't have voice

Philip, I think the reference is to "active" participles (in English we say "present" participles) and "passive" participles ("past" participles).

Actually, I think "active" and "passive" captures the idea better than "present" and "past", but historically we ended up with the termino

CalifJim Philip5 This doesn't make sense to me. Participles don't have voicePhilip, I think the reference is to "active" participles (in English we say "present" participles) and "passive" participles ("past" participles).Actually, I think "active" and "passive" captures the idea better than "present" and "past", but historically we ended up with the terminology that we h

passive constructions with repeated actions [ John was often ridiculed because of his appearance (?) ]

Thanks for your reply. They were really helpful. But I didn't mean that it's a repeated action because someone does it usually, often or every day, I didn't mean the repeated action for time, I meant the action happens to the doer, in other words your example is to be good even without "

RacqalI meant the action happens to the doer, in other words your example is to be good even without "often" and we can shortly say John was ridiculed.

Given those criteria, it seems to me that any passive construction with an animate being as subject and an action verb would fit the bill. I don't see where the idea of repetition comes into it.

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