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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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UK Police asked to help Portuguese detectives with enquiry.
UK Police asked to help Portuguese detectives with enquiry.
That's a headline from a newspaper. In your opinions does it mean: "UK Police have asked to help Portuguese detectives with enquiry" or "UK Police have been asked to help Portuguese detectives with enquiry".
What I mean is who was petitioned.
That's a headline from a newspaper. In your opinions does it mean: "UK Police have asked to help Portuguese detectives with enquiry" or "UK Police have been asked to help Portuguese detectives with enquiry".
What I mean is who was petitioned.
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The police have been asked to help the Portuguese detectives.
- The police have been asked to help the Portuguese detectives.
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Knowing the case it is obviously the second but the sentence itself is ambiguous. If you read it as active voice it means the former and as passive voice the latter.
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