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| StrangerComeKnocking | Date: Friday, 22 Feb 2013, 8:49 AM | Message # 31 |
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| Sorry, I'm not a linguist. o_o I need an example. What kind of passive form?
"Everybody knows that everybody dies." -River Song
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| NorWin | Date: Friday, 22 Feb 2013, 9:03 AM | Message # 32 |
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| Well, like.. "The cake was eaten" for instance. Is there a specific form or do I simply use od and a past participle?
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| StrangerComeKnocking | Date: Saturday, 23 Feb 2013, 9:47 AM | Message # 33 |
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| Hm...I can't think of any verb form that wouldn't make it sound like the cake was doing the eating, so I'm going to have to say yes on the od and participle.
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| LicoricePlease | Date: Sunday, 03 Mar 2013, 6:57 AM | Message # 34 |
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| Passive forms are done by participle, like most languages. Keep in mind that there are only three tenses for participles - past, present, and future!
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| LicoricePlease | Date: Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013, 6:47 PM | Message # 35 |
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| Easiest way to tell what's a passive form: add "by zombies" to the end of the sentence. If it makes sense, it's passive!
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