Sujet : Re: Passive voice
De : geoff (at) *nospam* nospamgeoffwood.org (Geoff)
Groupes : rec.autos.sport.f1Date : 05. Jun 2025, 01:59:45
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On 4/06/2025 2:29 pm, Woozy Song wrote:
Sir Tim wrote:
Typical of Max that he says, “It shouldn’t have happened” rather than, “I
shouldn’t have done it.”
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That might actually be middle voice (doesn't have both subject and object). Any grammar Nazis here?
In the first, 'It' is both the subject and the object.
In the second 'I' is the object, and 'it' is the subject.
And the third, you forgot the 'Are there ...' to make it a full sentence , and a question.
-- geoff
Passive voice
Re: Passive voice
