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"have been created" vs "have created"
Could somebody explain to me what's the difference between "After you have been created" and "After you have created"
Sep 18, 2013 6:51 AM
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have created -- Present Perfect, Active Voice
have been created -- Present Perfect, Passive Voice
September 18, 2013
"Could somebody explain to me what the difference is between..." Be careful of word-order in indirect questions. ;)
The difference is basically passive voice. This is where the subject receives the action, instead of performing the action.
"After you have been created" is a complete clause and means someone/something else creates you. The subject received the action.
"After you have created" is incomplete. We need to know what you have created. However, here the subject performs the action.
September 18, 2013
"After you have been created" is referring to you, so it means after you were made, however this is not commonly used to refer to a human unless you are reading something about robots :)
"After you have created" is referring to an action you are doing, so it means that after you have completed making something (whatever the creation is).
Hopefully this clarifies it :)
September 18, 2013
"You have created something." and "Something has been created by you." means the same. I hope that helps.
September 18, 2013
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