[General] Please get the update

[Anil Giria]

1) Please get the update for slide 8 from Damian ASAP.

2) Please get the updated slide 8 from Damian ASAP.


I understand both the above sentences are correct. Is the first one in active and the other in passive?

 

[Rover_KE]

No. 'Update' is a noun and 'updated' is an adjective.

 

[Matthew Wai]

the other in passive?

I think it could not be in the passive without the verb 'to be' even if the past participle was used, but I am not a teacher.

 

[Barb_D]

1 tells me Damian has the information I need to make the change to slide 8 in the presentation I am preparing.

2 tells me Damian has an updated version of that slide and I need to get it and insert it in my presentation.

I live in this world. The difference is quite stark to me.

 

[Anil Giria]

I think it could not be in the passive without the verb 'to be' even if the past participle was used, but I am not a teacher.

Is it possible to write both sentences in passive? If yes,what would be the passive.?

May I also say there can't be passive without "to be" verb.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I don't see any practical way to put those sentences in the passive voice. The passive voice requires some form of "to be".

 

[Matthew Wai]

what would be the passive.?

I think the first clause below is in the passive, but I am not a teacher.
'Slide 8 has already been updated, so please get it from Damian ASAP.'

 

[Polyester]

1 tells me Damian has the information I need to make the change to slide 8 in the presentation I am preparing.

2 tells me Damian has an updated version of that slide and I need to get it and insert it in my presentation.

I live in this world. The difference is quite stark to me.

Barb_D
If I'm using update to no.2, is it wrong?

 

[Barb_D]

Barb_D
If I'm using update to no.2, is it wrong?

I don't understand your question.

 

[Polyester]

The question no.2 was used "updated" for express the meaning.
Can I use "update" instead of "updated" in no.2 question?

 

[tedmc]

The question no.2 [STRIKE]was[/STRIKE] used "updated" [STRIKE]for[/STRIKE] to express the meaning.
Can I use "update" instead of "updated" in question no.2 [STRIKE]question[/STRIKE]?

No, you need an adjective (updated) there, not a verb.

 

[Polyester]

tedmc,
Why can't use the passive here?
The question no.2 was used=(the question was written by someone,it couldn't write a sentence by itself).

On the other hand, thank you your revision for me. I appreciate you.

 

[tedmc]

"Updated" is not used in the passive voice, it is an adjective. An updated book means a book which has been updated.

 

[Polyester]

tedmc,
Why can't use the passive here?
The question no.2 was used=(the question was written by someone,it couldn't write a sentence by itself).

On the other hand, thank you your revision for me. I appreciate you.

See underlined in red.
Why is the passive incorrect in my statement in red?

 

[tedmc]

[STRIKE]The[/STRIKE] Question no.2(subject) was used "updated" (object) [STRIKE]for[/STRIKE] to express the meaning.

You can say:
"Updated"(object) was used in Question No.2 to express the meaning. (passive)

but not as you have written.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Why can't use the passive here?
The question no.2 was used=(the question was written by someone,it couldn't write a sentence by itself).

I consider it an imperative sentence instead of a question, but I am not a teacher.
Sentence 2 was used to ask the listener to get something from someone.

 

[tedmc]

The question no.2 was used "updated" for express the meaning.

No, Polyester was referring to this sentence he wrote.

 

[Barb_D]

I'm very confused.
Please write the full sentence the way you want to write it.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Slide 8 has already been updated, so please get it from Damian ASAP.'
The OP wanted the passive voice, so I wrote the above sentence in my post#7.

Not a teacher.