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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
voice
change the voice :
HE DID NOT WRITE.
DO NOT TELL A LIE.
DID HE GIVE YOU A PEN.
HE DID NOT WRITE.
DO NOT TELL A LIE.
DID HE GIVE YOU A PEN.
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The voice of the first two cannot be changed, since the first is intransitive and the second is imperative. For the third, an awkward passive voice version can be constructed: Were you given a pen by him?
- The voice of the first two cannot be changed, since the first is intransitive and the second is imperative.
- For the third, an awkward passive voice version can be constructed: Were you given a pen by him?
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The voice of the first two cannot be changed, since the first is intransitive and the second is imperative. For the third, an awkward passive voice version can be constructed: Were you given a pen by him?
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These can be jury-rigged into the passive voice:
1. The writing was not done by him.
2. A lie shall not be told by you.
3. You were indeed given a pen by him.
1. The writing was not done by him.
2. A lie shall not be told by you.
3. You were indeed given a pen by him.
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