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Can these sentences be changed into passive?
1-I avoid making mistakes.
2-He is used to smoking.
 
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Why do you want the passive?
 
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Not in any natural sense.
 
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Thank you for your reply so these sentences can't be in passive
 
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What would be the reason for turning them into the passive? The passive exists for a reason and we use it accordingly.
 
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