Hello. Today on my English test I got a sentence to transform from active into passive.
Here's the sentence:
"Who wrote it?"
And I transformed it like this:
"From who it was written?"
Is it correct? If it isn't, what's the way it should be? -Thanks.
Here's the sentence:
"Who wrote it?"
And I transformed it like this:
"From who it was written?"
Is it correct? If it isn't, what's the way it should be? -Thanks.
"By whom was it written?"
or "Who was it written by?"
Passive requires "by", not "from".
Questions require subject-verb inversion (except when the question word is the subject).
CJ
or "Who was it written by?"
Passive requires "by", not "from".
Questions require subject-verb inversion (except when the question word is the subject).
CJ
Comments
paco
Who it was written by ?
vs.
"Who it was written by"
?
I know that "if we use "who" in a sentence, it already changes from sentence to a question sentence"
So, must we change place of "to be" ?
Ugh, I made a careless mistake! Thank you for the follow-up, CJ (as usual)
paco
YES!!! WE MUST!!! Who was it written by?
Re: careless mistake.
Thirty lashes with a wet noodle!
Jim
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/briefing/daily_briefings/1992/9204/061.html
and then, please search "Who he was killed by" in the page..
you will see
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MS. TUTWILER: No, other than he was a male.
Q Who he was killed by? How he was killed?
MS. TUTWILER: Not yet.
Q Thank you.
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Who he was killed by?
is it incorrect ?