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Ask for help > PASSIVE VOICE
PASSIVE VOICE
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Claudio Lima
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PASSIVE VOICE
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HELLO, I NEED SOME HELP
WHAT �S THE PASSIVE VOICE TO THESE SENTENCES?
ARE THE STUDENTS STUDYING IN SIDNEY?
THE TRAIN CRASHED INTO THE PLATFORM.
I NEED THE ANSWER TOMORROW, THANKS A LOT |
24 Jan 2010
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lovinglondon
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Hi, I think that you cannot turn the 1st sentence into passive voice because you haven �t got an object.
Imagine that you had:
Are the students studying English in Sidney? "English" would be the object and you could then say:
Is English being studied by the students in Sydney?
But you can �t do it now without an object.
As far as the second sentence I personally think that it would be:
Was the platform crashed into by the train? (although perhaps a native speaker would say it seems a bit strange...I don �t know)
Anyway....I would also like to read a native speaker �s opinion!
Bye bye!
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24 Jan 2010
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eng789
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The second sentence would be:
The platform was crashed into by the train. (it isn �t a question)
If it is supposed to be a question then: Was the platform crashed into by the train? is correct
Like lovinglondon said : The first needs an object - English then
Is English being studied by the students in Sidney? would be correct.
from your friendly native speaker.
Barbara |
24 Jan 2010
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sorji
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The first one can �t be put in the passive voice because it lacks an object.The verb
"study" is intransitive in that sentence, though it can be transitive in other cases, like "The students are studying English".But the rule reads:Only transitive verbs (those that take objects) can be transformed into passive constructions.
As for the second, you can safely say:The platform was crashed into by the train, it is grammatically alowed, though I feel it may not be acceptable.
Here is what I mean by gramaticality vs acceptability:Acceptability is the extent to which a sentence allowed by the rules to be grammatical is considered permissible by speakers and hearer; grammaticality is the extent to which a �string� of language conforms with a set of given rules.
Hope it helps,
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24 Jan 2010
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leavemealone
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could it be - the train was crashed into the platform
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24 Jan 2010
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GIOVANNI
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I �d have to agree with Eng789 on this one. |
24 Jan 2010
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