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Old 19-Jun-2003, 17:10
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Default Re: "Passive" sentence structure

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Originally Posted by RonBee
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Originally Posted by Anatoly
My English-speaking teacher has recently taught me that Passive voice is used when an acting person is unknown, obvious or unimportant.
Well, that certainly can be true, but it doesn't have to be true.
Does that help? Is it what you had in mind?
Yes, it is! It helps indeed. Perhaps I misunderstood something in the teacher's explanations. :(
Thank you very much, RonBee!
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