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CONSIDERED VS WAS CONSIDERED
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Greek Professor
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CONSIDERED VS WAS CONSIDERED
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Hello Everyone. I am in a bit of a dilemma. what is the difference of these two words in meaning and structure...??CONSIDERED VS WAS CONSIDERED
eg. Whatever you may think now, these were steps that ......necessary at the time.
b. they considered - which is the correct answer
d. they were considered
Thanks in advance
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14 Oct 2014
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MoodyMoody
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I would use the passive "were considered" in this context. A pronoun usually requires an antecedent, and there is no antecedent here for "they." If there is an obvious antecedent for "they" earlier in the quotation or passage, then "they considered" is fine. |
14 Oct 2014
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yanogator
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Hey, GP, "They were considered" is passive, saying that someone considered them (some unspecified people) to be necessary, rather than the steps. We need not to have "they", so that "steps" is correctly the thing being considered. Maybe in Greek a pronoun is needed in there, but it doesn �t work in English.
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14 Oct 2014
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Tere-arg
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eg. Whatever you may think now, these were steps that ......necessary at the time.
b. they considered - which is the correct answer
d. they were considered
b. they = the people/authorities, whoever
d. they = the steps
It would be possible to say: "...these steps were considered necessary..."
As it has been said before b is in active voice and d is in passive, which means the object heads the idea and not the doer of the action.
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14 Oct 2014
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lyny
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I think B is right and it might be cause of sequence of time. It sounds right to me.My humble opinion.
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14 Oct 2014
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