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Is the word targeted in above the sentence above is appeared as a past participle or adjective? It's the past participle of the verb target . Note that a word can be both a past participle and an adjective, however, so it has some adjectival
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The event is targeted at a young,urban sophisticated group who understands the brand.(sentence taken from newspaper) the word targeted in above sentence is appeared as past participle or adjective? if the targeted consider as past participle, the
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I have recently been debating with someone about the true nature of passive voice. While we both understand that passive voice is when the subject of a sentence receives the action, like "he was hit by the ball", we can't agree about
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The "rule" of not mixing active and passive only applies where it is possible to make all the parts active or all passive. Further note that the example on that website is of a sentence of two independent clauses joined by
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Hello, The beach will be crowded by foreign tourists if it does not rain. Could you change the above sentence to a complete passive sentence or more sentences without changing its meaning? I am wondering whether the whole sentence qualifies as a
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(b) is fine.
I'm not keen on (a). It's fairly common to omit second and subsequent instances of "was" in passive sentences. For example "She was bitten by a snake and admitted to hospital". However, if the first item
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. John likes pizza. Pizza is liked by John. There is no object in the second sentence. The subject of the passive sentence ( pizza ) is the object of its active equivalent. By John is an adverb. John is the agent in both sentences. Of course, some
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1.Several thousand people were killed by the earthquake in China. 2.Several thousand people had been killed by the earthquake in China. I know the first sentence is fine. It is a passive sentence. It is not correct to say 'has been
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Your second sentence uses the causative form 'have something done'. This structure is used when someone causes something to happen. For example: If you call a company named ABC Painters and make arrangements for them to paint your
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How do u change this into passive sentence: Have 2 interviewers and make sure that the organizer supervises them ?
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