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30-Nov-2006, 03:28
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passive voice
should i use passive voice here -
1) Main problems selected to focus on:
or
2) Main problems selected to be focused on:
which is correct?
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30-Nov-2006, 09:43
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Re: passive voice
Well, sentence 1) means that main problems have been selected in order to focus on the following list of items; sentence 2) means that someone (who is unnamed) must focus on the following list of problems.
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01-Dec-2006, 02:52
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Re: passive voice
erm..sorry.. but what's the differences between the two sentences??
i understand your explanation in sentence 2, but i am not so sure about sentence 1.
may you or someone else please further explain it to me?
thx
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