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Latest post Mon, Mar 21 2005 3:18 PM by jareer. 1 replies.
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jareer  +  82733 Mon, 21 Mar 05 03:18 PM
hi,
a sentence was given to me to change it into passive , but I didn't know how it could be changed...
The sentence is : The book has five chapters.
could you tell how.. in simple explanation.... please?
jareer
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CalifJim  +  82746 Mon, 21 Mar 05 03:53 PM
Some sentences don't make much sense in the passive. This is one of them.
The not-very-idiomatic passive is "Five chapters are had by the book". I wonder why you were asked to create this sentence. Tongue Tied [:S]
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