Chevy Bel Air 01  +  338755 Tue, 13 Mar 07 03:52 PM hello, I have a couple of questions with reference to active and passive sentences. A simple example A.: He drove the car. P.: The car was driven by him. So far all right. An another example A.: A earthquake destroyed  the hotel. P.: The Hotel was destroyed by a earthquake (wrong).      The Hotel was being destroyed by a earthquake (correct). Could anyone tell me the exceptional case? thanks in anticipation Cevy Bel Air 01 Chevy Bel Air 01 Joined on Fri, Mar 9 2007 Germany/Türkiye New Member 50 Passive Sentences

	Alienvoord  +  338773 Tue, 13 Mar 07 04:36 PM The hotel was destroyed by an earthquake. The hotel was being destroyed by an earthquake. There's nothing wrong with either of these. Alienvoord Joined on Tue, Jul 25 2006 Toronto Full Member 345

	Goodman  +  338775 Tue, 13 Mar 07 04:45 PM  Alienvoord wrote: The hotel was destroyed by an earthquake. The hotel was being destroyed by an earthquake. There's nothing wrong with either of these. Grammatically, Yes, there is nothing wrong. However, the context does seem strange with " hotel was being being destroyed by the earthquake". An earthquake can destroy a structure in a blink of an eye. So "being destroyed" has an annotation of slowly happening. Goodman Joined on Mon, Nov 7 2005 Senior Member 3,816 The name says it all!

	Chevy Bel Air 01  +  338776 Tue, 13 Mar 07 04:45 PM well, but when I must use " The hotel was being destroyed by an earthquake." I think this is past progressive but only in the passive voice.  Probably, if I want underline a plot in the past? Sincerly, CBA01 Chevy Bel Air 01 Underline

	Bird Of Paradise  +  338807 Tue, 13 Mar 07 06:11 PM what about these two sentences, 1. CAT CAN CLIMB THE TREEE. 2. He used to write a letter. can it be changed into passive voice. Bird Of Paradise Joined on Thu, Feb 15 2007 Full Member 107 I would appreciate it if anyone would correct my grammar mistakes if there are any. ( Even in this sentence.) TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE,

	nona the brit  +  338810 Tue, 13 Mar 07 06:13 PM 1 - answered elsewhere 2 a letter used to be written by him. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.