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The passive voice is a grammatical construction (a "voice") in which the subject of a sentence or clause denotes the recipient of the action (the patient) rather than the performer (the agent).
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So, "The company's meetings are scheduled" means "someone schedules them (regularly)" or "so...
We all know that simple present tense shows Routine Actions such as a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens (Source)
Eg: I schedule the company's meetings ( …
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Very confused! Past Participles As Adjectives or Passive Voice express a routine or an on-go...
We all know that simple present tense shows Repeated Actions such as a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens (Source)
Eg: I play tennis.
We also know that …
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Is the passive constructed correctly: "The city will have been being locked down for 15 days... [duplicate]
That is what I learned from grammar books.
"I go to the cinema tomorrow" means I am scheduled to go there at that fixed time
“I am going to the movies tomorrow” means I bought the ticket (ie I arran …
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Can V3 form of any verb be used as an adjective to express a current state? If not, what kin...
See these examples.
1-The boy breaks his toys every day (active form).
2-his toys are broken every day by him (passive form).
But we also use "broken" as an adjective to express the current state of s …
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