• Re: Verb tense/verb naming help...

  ; (passive form) auxiliary "to be" + past participle That stuff has been eaten ---> (passive form) auxiliary "to be" + past participle (NB: the auxiliary verb is "to be" in passive forms
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by kooyeen 2 yr 307 days ago Verbs, Tenses, Auxiliaries, Simple Past, Present Perfect, Past Tenses

• Re: tense/the

  of the verb break in the simple past passive. The use of the word already also makes this clear. Without the word already in the original sentence, you could argue that a passive form of break was intended
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by yankee 3 yr 1 days ago Verbs, Tenses, Simple Past

• Re: "I was stood at the bus stop"

  Marius Hancu wrote: "I was stood at the bus stop. " strange passive to me, I'd opt for: "I stood at the bus stop." or "I was standing at the bus stop." Both active. Use of the passive
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by garnett 3 yr 6 days ago Verbs, Dates

• Re: simple query( very urgent)

  In my opinion, if you write in the passive, it will sound marked. You use the passive when you ...
  by and says "How's your work coming along today?" if you responded with this passive construction
  ESL, Learn Basic English Vocabulary by grammar geek 3 yr 49 days ago Constructions

• Re: explain that to me with events

  read by Jay" You can do this way as an exercise about how to make a passive sentence. But strictly ...
  , passivization is possible only when something happens with the state of the subject in the passive sentence
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by alia 4 yr 20 days ago Predicates, Passive Sentences

• Re: skipped?

  in an passive voice, i.e, "S be to be C", and in the case of "suppose", only the passive voice is acceptable ...
  "to be" is often elided in the passive voice of certain verbs :"S be thought C", "S be considered C", "S
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by paco2004 4 yr 128 days ago Grammar, Verbs, Clauses, English Grammar

• Re: Affect, effect

  : 'The government effected swift decreases in the unemployment level.' Affect is a passive verb ...
  figuring out the difference between the active and passive tense, the trick is the word by. Usually
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by guest 5 yr 186 days ago Verbs, Difference Between, Tenses, Clauses, Nouns, Effect and Affect, Apostrophes, Accents

• Re: Question on "Please be advised"

  I assume you meant "Please be advi s ed". Yes, technically it's passive. To advise someone ...
  , whereas... ...when expressed in the passive voice ("Be advised that..."), the advice-giver may
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by rommie 5 yr 229 days ago Verbs

• Re: how to explain the usage of the ergative verb?

  the point of view of active voice, passive voice and middle voice (instead of transitive verb ...
  the window (I am the agent who broke the window) passive The window was broken by me (I am the agent
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by avangi 1 yr 211 days ago Verbs

• Re: how to explain the usage of the ergative verb?

  the window my boss increased my salary BOSS = AGENT PASSIVE VOICE the window was broken by my boss my salary was increased by my boss BOSS = AGENT PASSIVE VOICE the window
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by avangi 1 yr 210 days ago Paragraphs, Regards, Verbs
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