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| When I'd like to ask about the agent of passive voice, can I use both sentences? Or is "By whome " not used in daily life? For example: 1) By whom was the cake eaten? 2 Who was the cake eaten by? Thank you. :) |
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I would simply expect to hear, "Who ate the cake?" Passive voice would most likely not be used here in my opinion. It's really not necessary. |
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The function of the passive is to take focus off the agent, the doer of the action, and emphasize the object. Though, in our example sentence the agent is emphasized: Passive: Whom was the cake eaten by? (Agent) Passive: Who was the cake eaten by? (Agent) There's no need to use the passive to emphasize the agent. Active works best, as X Mode suggests: Active: Who ate the cake? By the way, 'by' is a preposition so its object should be 'whom', but some speakers will use 'who': Passive: The cake was eaten by whom? Passive: The cake was eaten by who? All the best, :D |
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I think many speakers will use "who". I'm one of them. 8) :D But as I said, I wouldn't use passive voice here anyway. So that settles that for me. |
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| I have seen this one. Thanks, Cas and X mode. :D |
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#6
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| You're welcome. :D |
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