Use "means" in the active.

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In an exercise, I'd encountered this question: What is meant by 'the reverse'?
In my answer, do I write:
1) 'The reverse' means ......
OR
2) 'The reverse' meant .........
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Use "means" in the active.
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
May I know how to write in passive, using meant? Or is it incorrect to use meant in response to this question?
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The passive answer would be very unnatural.
What is meant by "ugly"?
"Not pretty" is meant by "ugly".
The most natural answer would be "It means 'not pretty'."
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
That's a good one, Raymott
I should have simply written it as - In an exercise, I encountered this question......
Is this right?
Thank you!
Yes.
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