doanbichngoc  +  741818 Fri, 22 May 09 05:00 AM change into passive :  " Enter by this door" (A notice) Is it all right if I write : Let this door be entered? thanks, doanbichngoc Joined on Sat, Apr 4 2009 New Member 28 You will be the winner if you have a bilief!

	Clive  +  741825 Fri, 22 May 09 05:08 AM Hi, change into passive :  " Enter by this door" (A notice) Is it all right if I write : Let this door be entered? No, that's not right at all. You'd need to say something like 'This room is to be entered by this door', or 'Let this room be entered by this door'.  But this is awkward and terrible, terrible style. Native speakers would just laugh at this.   Why do you want to use passive? Is it just some grammar exercise?   Most doors would just say 'Enter'.   Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,581 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Styles

	Goodman  +  741841 Fri, 22 May 09 05:23 AM Hi, No!  It doesn't work  this way.  We do not arbitrarily make a sentence passive. When we do, we need to be clear that there are two types of passive: 1) involves an agent which is denoted with "by" i.e.  The robber was chased by the policeman. 2) agentless passive which usually is used to describe an action being completed without mentioning the person who carried out the act. Example: Husband: Where is my Blue shirt ?               Wife: It's  being washed in the machine. In this usage, it does tell the reader who put it in the wahser machine. The sentence is intended to focus on the shirt, not the person who performed the act. Is this clear? Goodman Joined on Mon, Nov 7 2005 Senior Member 3,816 The name says it all! Marriage, Relationships, Sentences, Usages, Colours