Huevos, So am I correct to assume that your classification of “exhausted” is adjectival in nature? Perhaps, this is the difference between how you and I see it. For pure fact finding interest, I have done some more investigative research: Bear in

It's not diferent, but you don't seem to know to see where the subject is in passive sentences: The exam: this is the singular subject, thus in passive form you should use was failed The brakes: this is plural subject, thus in passive form

Rotter wrote: 1.Pasta is eaten daily by Italians. (As a present-day habit.) 2.Italians eat pasta. What is the difference between the two sentences? I guess the first sentence is a passive sentence and the second one is an active sentence. I

1.Pasta is eaten daily by Italians. (As a present-day habit.) 2.Italians eat pasta. What is the difference between the two sentences? I guess the first sentence is a passive sentence and the second one is an

Hello guys Thank you for the replies. All of them are very helpful to me in thinking the problem. I think I had better explain the question more in detail. Actually the questioner asked at first the semantic difference between "He made her sing"

Hello, Lupa You are right about the first two pairs of sentences. Sentences "b" in both pairs have ergative verbs. You posted that "dinner is cooking" is a passive sentence. The sentence has passive meaning (because dinner cannot be cooking