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Were distributed with.... !

Dear friends, Please make correction if necessary in the "distributed with" (I know it is used as passive and we can say it like, "Some written material were distributed to them".


The guests visited the research institute, where they were distributed with some written material.

  

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Multi userinbox "Some written material was distributed to them" Multi userinbox The guests visited the research institute, where they were distributed with some written material. This is not correct. If a passive form with "they" as subject is possible, it would presumably be "they were distributed some written material", but this doesn't really seem right to me either.

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  • Multi userinbox "Some written material was distributed to them" Multi userinbox The guests visited the research institute, where they were distributed with some written material.
  • This is not correct.
  • If a passive form with "they" as subject is possible, it would presumably be "they were distributed some written material", but this doesn't really seem right to me either.
  • "they were provided with some written material" would be correct.
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Multi userinbox"Some written material was distributed to them"
Multi userinboxThe guests visited the research institute, where they were distributed with some written material.

This is not correct. If a passive form with "they" as subject is possible, it would presumably be "the

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Dear friends, Please make correction if necessary in the "distributed with" (I know it is used as passive and we can say it like, "Some written material were was distributed to them".


The guests visited the research institute, where they were given distributed with some written material.

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