0
Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
was admitted to
Can I say,
(a) She was sick and admitted to (the) /into hospital.
(b) She was sick and was admitted to hospital.
(a) She was sick and admitted to (the) /into hospital.
(b) She was sick and was admitted to hospital.
Top answer
(b) is fine. I'm not keen on (a). It's fairly common to omit second and subsequent instances of "was" in passive sentences.
- (b) is fine.
- I'm not keen on (a).
- It's fairly common to omit second and subsequent instances of "was" in passive sentences.
- For example "She was bitten by a snake and admitted to hospital".
- However, if the first item is an adjective (as "sick" in your example) then this style doesn't read so well (to me).
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
1 Answers
0
(b) is fine.
I'm not keen on (a). It's fairly common to omit second and subsequent instances of "was" in passive sentences. For example "She was bitten by a snake and admitted to hospital". However, if the first item is an adjective (as "sick" in your example) then this style doesn't read so well (to me). I think this is because you get no cue from "was sick" that the construction is a p
I'm not keen on (a). It's fairly common to omit second and subsequent instances of "was" in passive sentences. For example "She was bitten by a snake and admitted to hospital". However, if the first item is an adjective (as "sick" in your example) then this style doesn't read so well (to me). I think this is because you get no cue from "was sick" that the construction is a p
0
Related Questions