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- 12-Dec-2011, 11:08 #1
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Confused Why do we sometimes have to say used by and not use by in present time?
like some articles I read on wikipedia?Last edited by ManSeek; 12-Dec-2011 at 11:20. Reason: Grammar error.
- 12-Dec-2011, 11:15 #2
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Teacher Re: Confused Could you provide an example? What's the context?
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- 12-Dec-2011, 11:22 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: Confused It just says used by. It's like a profile.
- 12-Dec-2011, 11:28 #4
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Teacher Re: Confused ManSeek, we need at least a complete sentence containing 'used by' before we can respond to your question.
Context is always important; labelling is rarely important.
- 12-Dec-2011, 11:33 #5
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: Confused Ok let's say, It is used by, that would be passive right? But on wikipedia it doesn't have the "to be" verb. Is it possible?
- 12-Dec-2011, 12:53 #6
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Teacher Re: Confused ManSeek, we need at least a complete sentence containing 'used by' before we can respond to your question. Originally Posted by ManSeek
(This is the only response you are likely to receive unless you give us a complete sentence. That applies to the wikipedia example as well.)Context is always important; labelling is rarely important.
- 12-Dec-2011, 15:24 #7
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Re: Confused I bet the OP means a sentence like this, "This is a list of songs used by Apple Inc. in commercials, keynote addresses, presentations, and other marketing materials." Originally Posted by 5jj 
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- 12-Dec-2011, 15:50 #8
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Re: Confused Originally Posted by ManSeek
NOT A TEACHER
(1) Thanks to Mav's post, I may now understand your question.
(2) "This is a list of songs used by Apple."
(a) This sentence is a shorter way to say:
"This is a list of songs that is used by Apple."
(b) Have you studied the passive yet? In the passive, we always use the past
participle. (use = present; used = past; used = past participle)
(c) We can say "Apple uses this list of songs" or "This list of songs is used by Apple." ("used" = past participle)
(d) Another example:
"I use a red pen" or "A red pen is used by me."
(e) Can you now change this to the passive:
Mona uses a computer.
Answer: A computer is used by Mona.
- 13-Dec-2011, 05:39 #9
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: Confused I understand now. Thanks.
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