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Milky Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Which voice?

0Which voice are these sentences in?02br
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01i00These are apples are ready to eat.02i02br
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01i00There are dishes to do.02i0-
  

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0 The first sentence is badly ungrammatical and consequently it is in no voice. The second sentence is grammatically in the active voice as both the finite verb and the infinitive are in the active. However, since dishes can't do anything, 01b 00somebody02b 00 will obviously do 01b 00them02b 00.

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  • 0 The first sentence is badly ungrammatical and consequently it is in no voice.
  • The second sentence is grammatically in the active voice as both the finite verb and the infinitive are in the active.
  • However, since dishes can't do anything, 01b 00somebody02b 00 will obviously do 01b 00them02b 00.
  • This is a peculiarity of English grammar and may be conducive to ambiguity in some situations.
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0 The first sentence is badly ungrammatical and consequently it is in no voice. The second sentence is grammatically in the active voice as both the finite verb and the infinitive are in the active. However, since dishes can't do anything, 01b00somebody02b00 will obviously do 01b00them02b00. This is a peculiarity of English grammar and may be conduci
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