What is the implied subject?
Foot Hockey is played using a bald tennis ball.
Q1) Is the sentence above correct English?
Q2) What is the implied subject of "using"?
I would like to know what is the implied subject of "using".
The implied subject is Foot Hockey? or players?
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Opinions about this may vary. I would say that "using" in this case is verging towards a preposition (like "with"), and that the sense of an implied subject is not strong in our minds.
- Opinions about this may vary.
- I would say that "using" in this case is verging towards a preposition (like "with"), and that the sense of an implied subject is not strong in our minds.
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Opinions about this may vary. I would say that "using" in this case is verging towards a preposition (like "with"), and that the sense of an implied subject is not strong in our minds.
0fire1Foot Hockey is played (by) using a bald tennis ball. This is a passive sentence which often doesn't show the implied subject. For instance: The house was broken into in the middle of the night according to the police.
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