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EyeSeeYou Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Verb LET in the passive?
Grammar reference books often suggest changing phrases in active with the verb LET to ALLOW when turning them into passive. Is that always so?
Teachers never let students go into the staffroom. (Active mode)
Students are never allowed to go into the staffroom. (Passive mode)
Can't it also be like these two examples?
Students are never let go into the staffroom or Students are never let into the staffroom
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EyeSeeYou Grammar reference books often suggest changing phrases in active with the verb LET to ALLOW when turning them into passive. Is that always so? No.
- EyeSeeYou Grammar reference books often suggest changing phrases in active with the verb LET to ALLOW when turning them into passive.
- Is that always so?
- No.
- Students are never let go into the staffroom or Students are never let into the staffroom Yes for your 1st example; no for your 2nd.
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EyeSeeYouGrammar reference books often suggest changing phrases in active with the verb LET to ALLOW when turning them into passive. Is that always so?
No.
EyeSeeYouCan't it also be like these two examples?Students are never let go into the staffroom or Students are never let into the staffroom
Yes for your 1st exa
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