Passive of "the book reads interesting"

**Mosharraf** · 24-Apr-2012, 18:21

I would like to know what would be the passive of "The Book reads interesting".

Thanks.

**Barb_D** · 24-Apr-2012, 18:26

Welcome to Using English.

Your original sentence is not grammatical.

The book is interesting to read -- this is grammatical. However, it cannot be made into the passive, because there is no direct object.

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