"... until ... is appointed"

[Odessa Dawn]

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"Deputy director Michael Morell will serve as acting head of the agency until a permanent replacement for Petraeus is appointed."

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Do we have a specific verb tense after the word until? I have checked this site in which they say that in clauses with time words we often use present tense after until. However, neither active nor passive is mentioned. Can we say that what has been stated in that site includes active and passive voice. Thanks in advance.

 

[Grumpy]

Yes.

 

[TheParser]

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"Deputy director Michael Morell will serve as acting head of the agency until a permanent replacement for Petraeus is appointed."

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Hello,

I think that your sentence is a shorter way to say:

Deputy director Michael Morel will serve as acting head of the agency until the president appoints a permanent

replacement for General Petraeus.


James

 

[5jj]

I think that your sentence is a shorter way to say: Deputy director Michael Morel will serve as acting head of the agency until the president appoints a permanent replacement for General Petraeus. James

No. In my opinion, it is using the passive because the agent (the president) is not deemed important.

 

[emsr2d2]

No. In my opinion, it is using the passive because the agent (the president) is not deemed important.

He'll be disappointed about that!