Position of adverb in a passive sentence - WordReference Forums
2019年7月13日 · Adverbs are very flexible as far as their position in the sentence is concerned but, by default, they follow the verb (in the case of verbs preceded by modals or in the perfect tenses, they follow either the active part of the verb or the whole verb phrase.)
Passive voice of intransitive verbs - WordReference Forums
2014年12月30日 · I know of no way to make the following sentences passive: He laughed. I worked. She looked. The sentences in the OP use "laughed at", "worked on" and "looked at". They are phrasal verbs which do take direct objects …
Passive voice of the modal verb 'need'? - WordReference Forums
2013年6月23日 · A passive sentence is one in which the Subject is the "patient" of the action performed my a certain agent - who is the Subject of the "corresponding" active sentence. Example: "More funds are badly needed" (deleted preposition and Agent: by us, by the party, by Government, etc.)
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2022年4月3日 · Hi, I was wondering, for sentences like 'The boy was dragged down the stairs.', how do I invert such a sentence? Is it 'Down the stairs was dragged the boy.' or 'Down the stairs was the boy dragged.'? Are both acceptable or neither is said? :p Thanks.
Passive voice: Time and place expressions - WordReference Forums
2020年2月11日 · When changing sentences from the active voice into the passive one, do we put time and place expression before or after "by ..X.."? For example: A new company was set up in 2016 by the government OR A new company was set up by the government in 2016. A new hospital will be built in Paris by the government. OR
the postion of adverbs in passive sentences - WordReference …
2013年1月5日 · The sentences with (O) are from several dictionaries, so I believe they are right. But the setences with (?) are what I have moved the posion of adverbs behind the verb. Are they right and natural as well? If they are acceptable, is there a difference in meaning from the origianl sentences? Many thanks in advance!
All Slavic languages: auxiliaries for passive voice
2012年3月30日 · To change the prominence of the subject or the object in the sentence, which is the main purpose of passive sentences that include the agent in English, we would simply use a non-SVO word order, e.g. "pismo je napisala mama."
passive voice (who is the agent?) - WordReference Forums
2020年9月11日 · But at the same time, 'Betty' appears in both sentences in different grammatical roles, and so do 'the bedcovers'. We also want a grammatical term for what 'Betty' is in both sentences: this is the agent. (And 'the bedcovers' are the theme in both sentences - this is a less commonly used term.) These terms are not about positions in the ...
No passive voice for "start/commence"??? - WordReference Forums
2008年9月9日 · On the other hand, when I read something all in active voice, my eyes hurt or something. I really like a passive sentence thrown in here and there. Maybe it's because passive sentences are softer-sounding, less bossy. The combination of the two is sort of like a nice dance, where the moves vary and your eyes waltz around the page. AngelEyes
Reduced passive relative clauses - WordReference Forums
2015年4月10日 · Here are 2 sentences, one in past perfect passive, one in past simple passive . (Scenario : I've got lots of plates and I want to describe exactly which one is broken. It's a defining relative clause though as I believe non-defining ones can also be reduced in the passive, I'm not sure if that's important or not).