http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodEnglish/dgxnj/post.htm#285552Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:50:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:285552CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodEnglish/dgxnj/post.htm#285552http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-285552.xmlAren't those passive forms too? No. Active: People made ... No one ... made ... Passive: Results were made ... ( known is a past participle, but not the main verb. A past participle in itself does not create the passive voice.) CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodEnglish/dgxnj/post.htm#285345Fri, 22 May 2009 20:50:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:285345Qim1http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodEnglish/dgxnj/post.htm#285345http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-285345.xmlCalifJim wrote: Is this good English? It's simply the passive form of People never made the results known. or: No one ever made the results known. CJ Aren't those passive forms too?http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodEnglish/dgxnj/post.htm#284419Fri, 22 May 2009 20:50:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:284419CalifJim2http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodEnglish/dgxnj/post.htm#284419http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-284419.xmlIs this good English? Yes. It's simply the passive form of People never made the results known. or: No one ever made the results known. (To make something known is to announce it or publish it.) CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodEnglish/dgxnj/post.htm#284345Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:50:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:284345Grammar Geek3http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodEnglish/dgxnj/post.htm#284345http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-284345.xmlYes, it means the results were never publicized.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodEnglish/dgxnj/post.htm#284318Fri, 22 May 2009 20:50:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:284318Marius Hancu4http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodEnglish/dgxnj/post.htm#284318http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-284318.xmlYes: http://www.city.ottawa.on.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/ttc/2002/11-20/minutes35.htm Curiously enough however, the results were never made known and the study at ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodEnglish/dgxnj/post.htmWed, 22 Apr 2009 20:50:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:284317Qim5http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodEnglish/dgxnj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-284317.xmlThe results were never made known. Is this good English?