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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 passive sentences can have objects: John gave...

In response to the questions posed in the first post of this thread, "the officer" is NOT the subject of the sentence regardless of whether the sentence is active or passive. "The officer" is undoubtedly the doer of the action in both sentences, but it is the subject only in...

This is off the internet too, Abmateen, but I could do no better: Personal Passive simply means that the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. So every verb that needs an object (transitive verb) can form a personal passive . Example: They build...

Clive wrote: Hi, These agents are trained to kill. I'd like to add a comment. If the sentence were 'These agents are trained to kill every year ' , ie a repeated process, I would see it as more meaningful to look at this as a passive sentence. However, in the original example, I think...

CalifJim wrote: There is no such thing as a transitive sentence. Verbs are transitive or intransitive, not sentences. "to train" is a transitive verb. As such, it can be used both in active and in passive sentences. The sample sentence illustrates a transitive verb used in a passive sentence...

There is no such thing as a transitive sentence. Verbs are transitive or intransitive, not sentences. "to train" is a transitive verb. As such, it can be used both in active and in passive sentences. The sample sentence illustrates a transitive verb used in a passive sentence...

Verbs can be classified according to whether they are transitive or intransitive. (If they take a direct object, they are transitive. Otherwise they are intransitive.) John threw the ball. (transitive - You can throw something. The direct object is "the ball") Mary slept. (intransitive...

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 itself) but it is not a passive construction. The...

Hello, Daniel There is an explanation for the existence of sentences like "I'm given water" which is, by the way, grammatically correct. As has been explained here, the first you need in order for a sentence in the passive voice to be possible is a transitive verb and its direct object....