Active and Passive

[soekothu]

Please check out the following sentences;
(1) Nobody stole anything in the room.(Active)
(2)Nothing was stolen in the room.(p)
(3)Anything was not stolen in the room.(p)
I think (3) is wrong cos I think nothing is more suitable.
Please explain me clearly .
I m looking forward to thanking u.


Mg Soe

[bhaisahab]

Please check out the following sentences;
(1) Nobody stole anything in the room.(Active)
(2)Nothing was stolen in the room.(p)
(3)Anything was not stolen in the room.(p)
I think (3) is wrong cos I think nothing is more suitable.
Please explain me clearly .
I m looking forward to thanking u.


Mg Soe

(1) Nobody stole anything in the room.(Active)
(2)Nothing was stolen in the room.(p)
(3)Anything was not stolen in the room.(p)
I think (3) is wrong cos I think nothing is more suitable.

Yes, (3) is wrong. In my opinion (2) would be better as: Nothingwas stolen from the room.

[Nannou]

Please check out the following sentences;
(1) Nobody stole anything in the room.(Active)
(2)Nothing was stolen in the room.(p)
(3)Anything was not stolen in the room.(p)
I think (3) is wrong cos I think nothing is more suitable.
Please explain me clearly .
I m looking forward to thanking u.


Mg Soe

I do agree 3 is wrong.
It is more appropriate to use nothing or none as it is negative and emphasizing that no single thing was stolen from the room.
None was stolen from the room.

[ajarnbruce]

Please check out the following sentences;
(1) Nobody stole anything in the room.(Active)
(2)Nothing was stolen in the room.(p)
(3)Anything was not stolen in the room.(p)
I think (3) is wrong cos I think nothing is more suitable.
Please explain me clearly .
I m looking forward to thanking u.


Mg Soe

# 3 is wrong because anything should be used with a negative
Example
There wasn't anything stolen from the room. Hence, this can only be used in the passive, because there was no action taken.