Qim  +  284317 Sun, 22 Oct 06 05:20 PM The results were never made known. Is this good English? Qim Joined on Tue, Jan 31 2006 Junior Member 69

	Marius Hancu  +  284318 Sun, 22 Oct 06 05:45 PM Yes: http://www.city.ottawa.on.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/ttc/2002/11-20/minutes35.htm Curiously enough however, the results were never made known and the study at ... Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673

	Grammar Geek  +  284345 Sun, 22 Oct 06 07:00 PM Yes, it means the results were never publicized. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,506 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	CalifJim  +  284419 Sun, 22 Oct 06 10:41 PM Is this good English? Yes.  It's simply the passive form of People never made the results known. or:  No one ever made the results known. (To make something known is to announce it or publish it.) CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,128 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Qim  +  285345 Wed, 25 Oct 06 08:48 AM  CalifJim wrote: Is this good English? It's simply the passive form of People never made the results known. or:  No one ever made the results known. CJ Aren't those passive forms too? Qim

	CalifJim  +  285552 Wed, 25 Oct 06 08:20 PM Aren't those passive forms too? No. Active: People made ... No one ... made ... Passive: Results were made ... (known is a past participle, but not the main verb.  A past participle in itself does not create the passive voice.) CJ CalifJim Verbs