Does every passive sentence have an active equivalent? |
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Added: December 2005 |
Comments:
| Martin Englert - 23rd June 2006 12:28
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| Why don't those who voted "NO" give an (some) examples????
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| Nick - 11th September 2007 11:27
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Here's my go at finding an example:
"I was really taken aback by this question." You could try turning this into an active "This question really took me aback", theoretically possible, but people don't generally use "to take aback" in the active - it sounds ugly.
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| charlesthmsn - 14th October 2007 05:30
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| The lovers were lost in each other's eyes. (no, this is not Kafka)
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