The passive voice is more common in ____ English. |
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Added: November 2004 |
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| thanuja - 25th November 2004 20:50
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| can you send me more intermidiat level work. thank you.
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| vince - 2nd December 2004 11:20
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| It's actually more common than you'd realise - quite universal in both: colloquial forms tend to use pasives with 'get' e.g. she got asked to leave, and formal forms tend to use 'be' e.g. she was asked to leave.
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| MrTrilby - 1st February 2006 12:14
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| Sadly common, but best avoided, in formal English.
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| rama - 21st November 2007 05:09
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| hai
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