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kons
Morocco

help me please
 
Hi everybody,
Can you please help me change the sentence below from active to passive form?
                     Don �t let others see you.(passive reflexive)

5 Jan 2012      





ueslteacher
Ukraine

Don �t let yourself be seen?

5 Jan 2012     



Maruan Aziz
Morocco

Dear kons,

I guess the passive form of this stce. is � you shouldn �t be seen by others, � bear in mind that there are some exceptions to the active-passive RULE. Also, some statements can �t be put in the passive.

Regards,

MARUAN A

5 Jan 2012     



kons
Morocco


thanks for your replies. They are helpful.
Kons

5 Jan 2012     



ueslteacher
Ukraine

See here you �ll have to scroll down a couple of pages till 154 and you �ll see the exact same examples you were asking about.
Sophia

5 Jan 2012     



Olindalima ( F )
Portugal

Imperatives are , mainly, orders, so they can �t be Passive.

Just me me talking to myself.

Shut the window.   ---- Let ( who ? )  the window be shut ( by whom ) . LOL


Stand up . Who  ( ? someone ) You Did what? ( nothing ) What was done ( Nothing ) By whom ( no one ) .


Dizzling, never have thought about this, but , I �m waiting for more intelligent answers.

FOr me, Passive is always with some special verbs, with a direct or indirect objecct

Don �t let others see you.

So, here, what have we got. ????????????????


You aren �t let to be seen by others .     LOLOLOLOL

I �m ready to sleep, this is much for me, I bet Imperative can �t be passive.

Past midnight and I am everything , but relaxed, I �ll check up all the answers, tomorrow, afternoon.

Sleep well, pinky dreams., offffffffffffffff

Linda
And, mind the step

Don�t let you BE SEEN.


WOW, this is a kind of a a damm trap

5 Jan 2012     



yanogator
United States

I agree with ueslteacher - Don �t let yourself be seen.
 
Bruce

5 Jan 2012     



ironik
Australia

Olindalima, imperatives can be passive, if they are transitive (if they take objects). 
for example,
Can �t you say "Don �t let me be caught." I think it �s pretty possible.

And I agree my other friends, "Don �t let yourself be seen" is a possible passive form, but in everyday usage, I �d prefer "Try not to be seen" or something like that.

5 Jan 2012