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Old 19-Jun-2003, 21:35
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Default Re: "Passive" sentence structure

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Originally Posted by Lib
Sorry to put yet another spanner in the works, but if we know who knocked over the vase, wouldn't it be more natural to say: 'Billy knocked over the vase'? In that case the culprit is important.
It would be more natural, but it wouldn't be the passive voice. Also, I think the "culprit" would be important in any case, but that's just my opinion.

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