Timeline for How can I reliably and accurately identify the passive voice in writing or speech?
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| Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jun 2, 2015 at 18:01 | comment | added | pazzo | Passive or no: A: I am surprised that Mary has not done the dishes. B: I am surprised by Mary's not having done the dishes. C: I am surprised with you, Mary, because you've not done the dishes. D: I am surprised with you, Mary. | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 18:12 | comment | added | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | True. Different voices can be embedded in one another. Be glad that we are no Ancient Greeks, who had three voices: active, medium, and passive... | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 18:06 | comment | added | JSBձոգչ | @Cerberus, you're right. The word made (or baked) is a passive participle, but the clause that it's in is in the active voice. | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 18:02 | comment | added | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | In let's eat the cake made by auntie Val, "baked" is passive. No form of to be is necessary. | |
| Aug 12, 2010 at 22:04 | history | answered | JSBձոգչ | CC BY-SA 2.5 |