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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
was born
Hello,
1. I was born in 1976.
I have already asked this question. Somebody on this forum told me that it is an active voice.
My teacher told me "no" it a passive voice.
Now I am very confused.
Please any forum guru could comment on it.
Thanks.
1. I was born in 1976.
I have already asked this question. Somebody on this forum told me that it is an active voice.
My teacher told me "no" it a passive voice.
Now I am very confused.
Please any forum guru could comment on it.
Thanks.
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Hello Hanuman Your old thread is born . Who answered that "I was born in X" is an active voice? We (=Philip and me) said just that "I was born in X" is an idiomatic verbal phrase.
- Hello Hanuman Your old thread is born .
- Who answered that "I was born in X" is an active voice?
- We (=Philip and me) said just that "I was born in X" is an idiomatic verbal phrase.
- We said that it is NOT a passive voice because we cannot make an appropriate active counterpart for this sentence.
- paco
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Hello Hanuman
Your old thread is born. Who answered that "I was born in X" is an active voice? We (=Philip and me) said just that "I was born in X" is an idiomatic verbal phrase. We said that it is NOT a passive voice because we cannot make an appropriate active counterpart for this sentence.
Your old thread is born. Who answered that "I was born in X" is an active voice? We (=Philip and me) said just that "I was born in X" is an idiomatic verbal phrase. We said that it is NOT a passive voice because we cannot make an appropriate active counterpart for this sentence.
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Hello hanuman_2000,
Why don't you get the active form/voice of this sentence from your class teacher and post the answer into this forum? So, we can analyze and discuss the validity of your class teacher's answer.
Why don't you get the active form/voice of this sentence from your class teacher and post the answer into this forum? So, we can analyze and discuss the validity of your class teacher's answer.
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Hi,
I was born in 1976.
In my experience, this is a constant source of problems for learners. In any ESL class, I think you could spend an hour at any time, discussing this.
Errors come in many forms, eg I born in 1976 . . . . My mother borned me in 1976. And many others.
Here are some comments.
I was born in 1976.
In my experience, this is a constant source of problems for learners. In any ESL class, I think you could spend an hour at any time, discussing this.
Errors come in many forms, eg I born in 1976 . . . . My mother borned me in 1976. And many others.
Here are some comments.
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