mohzayat  +  962253 Thu, 05 Nov 09 08:44 AM can u plz change this into active _ He was seen by the dead.             thanks mohzayat

	Best answer by Ivanhr  +  962260 Thu, 05 Nov 09 09:09 AM The dead saw him. Ivanhr

	Best answer by khoff  +  966356 Mon, 09 Nov 09 04:46 PM What did I misunderstand?  "He was seen by the dead" is a grammatically correct sentence, although it does not represent a true fact because the dead cannot actually see.  Exactly the same is true of "The dead saw him."  khoff Sentences

	Best answer by khoff  +  967405 Tue, 10 Nov 09 03:39 PM So, you intended "he was seen by the dead" to mean "he was seen near the dead"???!!  Okay, I must say that I feel we've been taken advantage of.  Maybe I've misunderstood again, but it seems as though you have deliberately posted an ambiguous sentence, and then, after three people attempted to answer what we all took to be the obvious meaning of the sentence, you answer your own question by revealing that the original sentence had a different meaning -- one that never even occurred to any of the people who took the time to try to help you. We're not here to answer riddles or "trick questions."  Several people lately have been answering their own questions.   It is a waste of our time to make sincere efforts to answer a question and then find out that the poster is convinced he knows better.  So here's a general request -- If you are convinced you know the answer to you own question, don't ask the question.  If you want to post a "trick question" for its entertainment value, post it in the "Puzzles, Riddles and Word Games" section, not in the grammar section! khoff Riddles, Sentences, Word Games

	khoff  +  962539 Thu, 05 Nov 09 03:39 PM The dead can't see in your original sentence either! khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,275 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert) Sentences

	mohzayat  +  965914 Mon, 09 Nov 09 07:50 AM I didn't say that the dead can see .  you only  misunderstood me.   mohzayat

	mohzayat  +  966946 Tue, 10 Nov 09 05:31 AM the answer is they saw him by the dead mohzayat

	CalifJim  +  966956 Tue, 10 Nov 09 05:49 AM mohzayat “ the answer is they saw him by the dead ” No.  You need to review active and passive. CJ PS.  However, these make an active-passive pair. He was seen by the Dead Sea. Someone saw him by the Dead Sea. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,441 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	dimsumexpress  +  966999 Tue, 10 Nov 09 06:52 AM mohzayat “   the answer is they saw him by the dead ”     This absolutely makes horse sense.. dimsumexpress Joined on Mon, Oct 12 2009 Full Member 286