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The book reads well.

The book reads well.

This sentence is correct.
This sentence is incorrect.


Votes: 183 Comments: 6 Added: April 2007
Comments:
kimmikoto - 9th June 2007 01:20
Books DON"T READ!!!
 
WSM - 20th June 2007 12:41
But they can read well.
 
dp - 24th June 2007 20:34
<i>This</i> sentence is correct.
 
ali20ast - 29th June 2007 09:37
please an english expert the answers,so that we know the answer
 
gren - 5th November 2007 02:23
Here the verb "read" is middle voice, which means it is grammatically active but semantically passive. So the sentence "The book reads well" means "One reads the book well".
 
sara - 6th January 2008 11:05
do you mean that the sentence is grammatically correct
 
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