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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
voice
Is he still working in this office ?change to passive voice
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Give it a try yourself first. Then we can discuss problems with this particular case.
- Give it a try yourself first.
- Then we can discuss problems with this particular case.
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Give it a try yourself first. Then we can discuss problems with this particular case.
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AnonymousIs he still working in this office ?change to passive voiceTo change to passive voice you must first find the object of the sentence, if there is one.
If there is no object, you can't change it to passive voice.
Would you like to try, following that procedure?
CJ
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Only transitive verbs - verbs that have a direct object - can be put into the passive. The verb "work" is typically intransitive, as it is in this sentence - there is no direct object. In order to change to passive you'd have to first modify the original sentence. For example:
"Is he still occupying this office?" ("Occupy" is transitive - "this office" is its direct object.) Then tur
"Is he still occupying this office?" ("Occupy" is transitive - "this office" is its direct object.) Then tur
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