Change of voice

[shani16]

Please change the voice of the following;
"Be seated"
I want to get the answer just for my understanding, I usually hear people say this.

Thank you.

 

[bhaisahab]

Change the voice of the following;
"Be seated"

Why?

 

[Rover_KE]

Your command sounds like the instruction in a grammar book. We respond better to polite questions or requests.

 

[shani16]

I edited my thread.

 

[emsr2d2]

What voice do you think it's in? What voice do you want to change it into?

 

[shani16]

What voice do you think it's in? What voice do you want to change it into?

I think it's in passive voice, I want to change it into active voice.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Please take a seat.'

Not a teacher.

 

[Barb_D]

Matthew's suggestion is a good alternative but converting the "voice" of commands is awkward.

If if I hand you a plate of cookies and say "help yourself to as many as you want", there is no natural passive version.

But then, there are no natural passive versions to many things learners want to change.

 

[BobK]

:up: Some things are best left the way they are.

I think it's in passive voice, I want to change it into active voice.

It's not passive anyway. You can't sit a person. In a rather rare context you can seat a person; it would involve taking them to a place more-or-less roughly and telling them to sit down. That context is irrelevant here.

b

 

[Matthew Wai]

'A waiter seated him near a window.'
'He was seated near a window.'
Is the context OK?
Not a teacher.

 

[BobK]

:-? Well. it's j - u - s - t possible, but if I see 'He was seated by the window' I assume he chose the seat himself.... Though maybe... not sure... 'He was sitting by the window' would imply it was his choice, so maybe 'He was seated by the window' suggests the waiter chose. Perhaps someone else could jump in... ;-)

b

 

[TheParser]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


"The Judge says, 'All rise for me. Now everyone may be seated once I have sat down.' He sits and everyone sits as well."

-- R.E. Brmaud, Simon, Friends, and the Dream Stealer: Book One. [The verb phrase is my emphasis.]

 

[Matthew Wai]

may be seated

I deem it an adjective, according to http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/seated

Not a teacher.

 

[TheParser]

You may be right.

I am not getting into the active vs. passive debate.

I simply posted that quotation as a matter of interest.

 

[Tarheel]

Re:

Now everyone may be seated.
​

It ("may be seated") is a verb phrase.

 

[jacobyo]

Not a teacher

Sentence changes to " have seat"

 

[Rover_KE]

The above sentence is badly punctuated, jacobyo, and its meaning is unclear.