How would you tell the subject of a to-infinitive in a passive sentence like that? I think you mean the agent, not the subject. The grammatical subject is the results. But anyway, the point of using the passive is when "who did it" is

All his results were checked to decide whether we will hire him or not. Grammatically, doesn't the author have to supply the sentence with the hidden subject "we" in the form of "for us" because the subjects are

I unwittingly wrote a new post over my first through the edit function. I've just deleted the new message, and re-written my question as close to what I wrote initially as possible. All his results were checked to decide whether we will hire

Hi Anon 1) Today's work is done. -- Here, the participle (is it a participle, anyway?) seems to be an adjective. I don't think this is a passive tense (with no agent). 2) Today's work is done by Sue. -- Here, it seems to be clear it is

But I'd like your opinion. I was tired out by the hike. Do you think it's a passive sentence or do you think "tired out" is an adjective?

how could we make sure whether we are looking at a passive sentence or a sentence with a "be" verb followed by an adjective in cases like this I think you have already solved your own problem. The other words in the sentence, like by Joe

Thank you both of you. If the placement of the word 'already' doesn't make it clear whether it is modifying the word that purposes to modify adjectivally, then how could we make sure whether we are looking at a passive sentence or a

When you're gone How can I even try to go on? This is the lyric from Abba - S.O.S. I saw "be + PP". I was considering that was a Passive sentence. On the other hand, I think it may be Present Perfect... or something else.

I want to change the follow aktive sentence into passiv: ordinary, or soft, solder melts at temperatures below 430=B0, but ... are melted ordinary, or soft, solder, temperatu=re above that is melted brazing alloys, sometimes called hard solder. is

mike lyle (Email Removed) (Mike Lyle) wrote, Well, no, it is a passive, I don't think anybody ... whether 'I *remain* amused by flying monkeys' is a passive. Aren't we getting twisted knicker-wise here? "I remain amused by