hanuman_2000  +  51910 Mon, 25 Oct 04 06:19 AM Sir, 1. I want to sing. I want to make passive for this, but I have no idea at all. Please help me. Thanks. hanuman_2000 Joined on Thu, Aug 12 2004 INDIA Contributing Member 1,644

	PoorRichard  +  51927 Mon, 25 Oct 04 10:06 AM 'To want' usually requires a living subject, e.g. "Fred wants to buy a drink", "the dog wants to go out". The passive of 'to sing' is 'to be sung'. 'To be sung' usually requires a non-living subject, e.g. "the song was sung". This means that a passive version of 'to want to sing' would require a subject that was both living and non-living, which is not possible. There is an archaic passive of 'to sing' where a living subject is possible. In this sense, 'to be sung' means 'to feature in poetry or song', e.g. "Aeneas was sung by Virgil". This usage is very specialised, however, and so is best avoided. (I'm assuming in the above that your task is to create a passive version of 'to sing', not 'to want'.) PoorRichard Joined on Tue, Oct 5 2004 Junior Member 66

	PoorRichard  +  52100 Tue, 26 Oct 04 09:12 AM I'm sorry, Hanuman, I'll rephrase my previous post: In theory, the possible passives of 'I want to sing' are: 1. I am wanted to sing. 2. I want to be sung. In practice, I'm not sure you would ever find an opportunity to use them. PoorRichard