Passive or Compliment

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Liveinjapan

#455417 Fri, 21 Dec 07 01:23 AM

The Earth is being harmed ,and this harms people as well.

Is the first clause a passive form or 'being harmed' is a compliment of 'The Earth'?

Thanks
LiJ

Liveinjapan

Joined on Sun, Feb 4 2007

Osaka, Japan

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Please feel free to correct any words I wrote.LiJ

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Avangi

#455419 Fri, 21 Dec 07 01:29 AM

Liveinjapan wrote:

The Earth is being harmed ,and this harms people as well.

Is the first clause a passive form or 'being harmed' is a compliment of 'The Earth'?

Thanks
LiJ

Hi LiJ,

In my opinion it's clearly passive.

Avangi

Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007

Senior Member (3,762)

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Liveinjapan

#455434 Fri, 21 Dec 07 02:40 AM

Thanks, Avangi. Smile [:)]

Liveinjapan

Yoong Liat

#455682 Fri, 21 Dec 07 05:19 PM

Liveinjapan wrote:

The Earth is being harmed ,and this harms people as well.

Is the first clause a passive form or 'being harmed' is a compliment of 'The Earth'?

Thanks
LiJ

It should be 'complement'.

Yoong Liat

Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006

Singapore

Veteran Member (6,092)

Yoong Liat

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Avangi

#455696 Fri, 21 Dec 07 05:53 PM

Yoong Liat wrote:
Liveinjapan wrote:

The Earth is being harmed ,and this harms people as well.

Is the first clause a passive form or 'being harmed' is a compliment of 'The Earth'?

Thanks
LiJ

It should be 'complement'.

Hi, Yoong Liat,

Did you mean to correct the spelling of "compliment/complement" or did you mean it's not a passive form?

(I make it passive voice, present progressive tense of the verb "to harm.")

Thank you kindly for your answer, - A.

Avangi

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Yoong Liat

#455697 Fri, 21 Dec 07 05:57 PM

Hi LiJ

Sorry for the misunderstanding. The word required is 'complement', not 'compliment'.

Yoong Liat

Avangi

#455713 Fri, 21 Dec 07 07:05 PM

Liveinjapan wrote:

The Earth is being harmed ,and this harms people as well.

Is the first clause a passive form or 'being harmed' is a compliment of 'The Earth'?

Thanks
LiJ

Hello again, LiJ,

Please forgive me for beating a dead horse, but I just noticed the invitation in your signature.

In your question, the second clause should be structured like the first one: "or is 'being harmed' a complement . . . . . ."

Respectfully, - A.

Avangi

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Liveinjapan

#455824 Sat, 22 Dec 07 02:16 AM

Avangi wrote:
Liveinjapan wrote:

The Earth is being harmed ,and this harms people as well.

Is the first clause a passive form or 'being harmed' is a compliment of 'The Earth'?

Thanks
LiJ

Hello again, LiJ,

Please forgive me for beating a dead horse(It's good to know), but I just noticed the invitation in your signature.

In your question, the second clause should be structured like the first one: "or is 'being harmed' a complement . . . . . ."

Respectfully, - A.

I really appreciate both of your suggestions. They are really important for me. That's why my signature is like that.

Thanks, Avangi and YL.

Liveinjapan

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