Survive in active and passive voice

[Freeguy]

Hey
I want to know when we can use survive in a passive voice and when we don't have this permission?
In the sixth usage of this verb in Longman dictionary, I saw that is has been used in a passive voice : Ex: He is survived by his wife Sue.
Is it possible to use this verb in passive voice in its other definitions/usages?

Thanks

 

[emsr2d2]

I can't think of one but if you'd like to construct some sample sentences, we'll tell you if they work or not.

 

[Freeguy]

He survived by his wife Sue.

OR

He is survived by his wife Sue.

 

[5jj]

He survived by his wife Sue.

OR

He is survived by his wife Sue.

The first is neither passive nor correct. The second is passive and correct.

 

[emsr2d2]

He survived by his wife Sue.

OR

He is survived by his wife Sue.

When I suggested that you construct some sentences yourself, I didn't expect you to copy the example sentence from the Longman dictionary, write a variant of it and then ask which one is correct. In 99.9% of cases, you can assume that the example sentence in a dictionary is correct.

 

[Tdol]

Is it possible to use this verb in passive voice in its other definitions/usages?

You can't put She survived the earthquake into the passive.

 

[Barb_D]

And in the obituary sense of "is survived by" is rarely used in the active. You would rarely read "His wife Sue survives him."