jazzmaster  +  626228 Tue, 30 Dec 08 02:43 AM Another input requested on passive voice problem. This is a sentence probably presented by the Immigration Department : You have been received entry. Question: how is this sentence constructed?  Or is it simply not correct? Explanation of the question: A. Jimmy Page gave me a guitar. B. A guitar was given to me by JP. C. I was given a guitar by JP ... the sentence A can be rewritten into B or C in passive voice.  That is possible because verbs such as "give" and "send" take two objects; "me" and "a guitar" in the sentence A.  However the verb "receive" takes only one object as I think.  Then, in order for the sentence, "You have been received entry." to be valid, you have to be able to say: The Immigration Department received me entry.  ... To me, this is saying like, "I will drive me a car." or "I'll drink me a beer." I ask for your clarifications on this, hopefully by running A, B and C sentences above. Thanks in advance. J p.s.  I don't think it matters but the original sentence in question is, "you could be the last applicant to have been received entry." jazzmaster Joined on Fri, Jul 25 2008 Junior Member 80 Sentences

	CalifJim  +  626234 Tue, 30 Dec 08 02:50 AM jazzmaster “You have been received entry.” Not correct.  We'd expect  You have been granted entry or You have been denied entry. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,385 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	CalifJim  +  626236 Tue, 30 Dec 08 02:52 AM jazzmaster “you could be the last applicant to have been received entry” Also wrong. All your comments about forming the passive are OK, however. CJ CalifJim

	jazzmaster  +  628167 Thu, 01 Jan 09 01:08 AM CJ, thanks for coming through for me. I had a strange sense of incongruity against "have been received entry" myself. You proved my intuition was correct indeed. Thanks, again. J jazzmaster