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A member of our staff has asked for a holiday.A number of people have asked for a holiday.In this first sentence, the verb agrees with 'member'. Compare: A member has.. A member of our staff has.. In the second sentence, the verb agrees with 'people'. Yet compare: A number has.. A...
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Avangi - That is precisely it: when I raised this grammatical point with the Director of English he replied, "increased is an ergative verb and so using the middle voice for the sentence 'Last year, turnover increased by 20%' is correct; although the trainees will mistakenly think...
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Yet I can't imagine a situation in which two managers are sitting down having a coffee and one turns to the other and says, "you know, last year turnover was increased by 20%". I can imagine someone saying, "you know, last year turnover increased by 20%".
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I did my homework yesterday. (use the past tense because the action is completed and a time reference is given)I've done my homework. (use the present perfect tense to show the action has been completed but no time reference is given) I've done my homework. (use the present perfect tense...
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MariusA thousand thank yous for affirming that this usage doesn't work because of the particular context it is embedded in. That's something tangible to explain to the trainees.
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The sentence "Last year, turnover was increased by 20%" is called a 'common mistake' in my course book, and I have to go into the classroom and teach why this choice is wrong while "Last year, turnover increased by 20%" is correct. Furthermore, I should explicitly...
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Thx Marius for the stats. Increased is used (with relatively low frequency) in exactly the way I'm supposed to teach that it doesn't work. Nevertheless I need to explain why between the choices "Last year, turnover increased by 20%" and "Last year, turnover was increased by...
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thx for the replies!!Sorry about the mix up.. 'increased' is the ergative verb Would like to know how to explain how the sentence "Last year, turnover was increased by 20%" needn't be written in the passive voice. How to explain that because 'increased' is an...
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Here is the incorrect sentence: Last year, turnover was increased by 20%. How to explain that this is an ergative verb and so the passive voice isn't correct in this sentence? I previously taught: "turnover is an ergative verb, and so can be used both transitively (turnover increased)...
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I understand that 'abroad' is an adverb.However, does the following usage sound correct to you: "A lot of abroad companies invest in Indonesian real estate."The course material I am using insists this is a proper usage.
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