In Passive sentences^x, Pronouns^x

The woman is a TV reporter who is standing in the hotel elevator. There's nothing wrong with this sentence. "Detective: I'm looking for two suspects: one is a man; the other, a woman. Here are their photos. Have you seen them? Helpful Janitor: Sure. The man is an executive who is...

Hi Englishpros, * The woman is a TV reporter who is standing in the hotel elevator. 1. Someone suggests the sentence above should be wrong. Why? __ A stative verb, generally, cannot be made into a passive sentence. However, some stative verbs have "active" forms in which the verb...

At the risk of sounding too complicated, Atesttaker, here's my response. I hope it will help until someone who can put things in simpler ways comes. 1. You got that one right. "B" is correct, and so is your explanation. 2. "C" is correct. It means something like "as far back as 1810" (a...