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Rex  #317584  Sat, 20 Jan 07 12:06 PM

Instead of saying we will catch his killers, I heard the following:
His killers will be caught.

What makes the difference between 'we will catch his killers' and 'his killers will be caught'?
  
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Marius Hancu  #317592  Sat, 20 Jan 07 12:29 PM
we will catch his killers - active, personal construction

his killers will be caught - passive, impersonal construction
  
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Philip  #317671  Sat, 20 Jan 07 04:18 PM

 Rex wrote:

Instead of saying we will catch his killers, I heard the following:
His killers will be caught.

What makes the difference between 'we will catch his killers' and 'his killers will be caught'?
Subject of sentence in active voice.      

Sentence in pasive voice:  who will catch is not specified.           

  
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