[Grammar] Passive Voice Question

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Hello!

I'm studying the passive voice and i'm having some trouble with an exercise:

"People say Ann is very rich". I have no ideea how to rewrite this sentence using the passive voice. I would try something like "Ann is told of being rich" or "Ann is said to be rich", but i'm not sure that's correct.

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"... said to be...
 

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I'm studying the passive voice and [STRIKE]i[/STRIKE] I'm having some trouble with an exercise:

"People say Ann is very rich". I have no ide[STRIKE]e[/STRIKE]a how to rewrite this sentence using the passive voice. I would try something like "Ann is told of being rich", but [STRIKE]i[/STRIKE] I'm not sure that's correct!
It's not.

Ann is said to be very rich.

Please remember that we always use a capital letter for the first person pronoun.
 

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Thank you! I know it may sound annoying for a native speaker, but I was confused.
 

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I know it may sound annoying for a native speaker, but [STRIKE]i[/STRIKE] I was confused.
Your question was not annoying. Your reluctance to use a capital letter for the first person pronoun could become annoying.
 

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I edited that post as soon as I saw your post. I think this can be locked. Thank you!
 
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