http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PassiveForm/gjrb/post.htm#32309Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:46:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:32309blackmamba0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PassiveForm/gjrb/post.htm#32309http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-32309.xmlthak you!http://www.englishforums.com/English/PassiveForm/gjrb/post.htm#32088Fri, 22 May 2009 15:46:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:32088Pemmican1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PassiveForm/gjrb/post.htm#32088http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-32088.xmlNope this is not correct: The passive forms are built by a form of "to be" and the past participle of the full verb, so it has to be: "The program needs to be run by the user".http://www.englishforums.com/English/PassiveForm/gjrb/post.htm#32087Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:46:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:32087puddinella2http://www.englishforums.com/English/PassiveForm/gjrb/post.htm#32087http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-32087.xmlThe correct verb tense in the sentence example is "to be run". This is the future tense in a passive voice, I believe, if what you are trying to convey is that at some point in the future this action must occur. To make the sentence active you would say, "The user needs to run the program."http://www.englishforums.com/English/PassiveForm/gjrb/post.htmWed, 22 Apr 2009 15:46:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:32080blackmamba3http://www.englishforums.com/English/PassiveForm/gjrb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-32080.xmlHi! I'm translating a manual on a software... I've a doubt: does the passive form need the past? e.g. "the program needs to be ran by the user" is correct? thaks a lot BM