Weird sentence—Many books have been being bought.

[bieasy]

Hi,

It's about a class that studies the passive voice. The teachers wanted the passive voice of the follwing sentence: "We have been buying many books."
I've read the following answer: "Many books have been being bought"

It's wrong, isn't it?

 

[Raymott]

Re: Weird sentence

No, that is the correct passive. No one would ever use it though. It sounds silly, and there's no reason to use the passive there.

 

[GoesStation]

Re: Weird sentence

As the others said, the sentence is grammatically OK. But you're right: it's a weird sentence. It would never be used by any native speaker and is not worth studying.

 

[Rover_KE]

Please note that I have changed your thread title.

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[Tdol]

Re: Weird sentence

Converting sentences into the passive often produces sentences that are not natural.