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Basically, asking for your opinion about this explannation i've just made comes from a moment i got corrected by a friend of mine. I made a sentence with "get passive", and she said that it didn't make any sense. So, i as an English tutor was too shocked to ignore the comment and started to google all about the difference between be passive and get passive!. I'm looking forward to somebody who would like to appreciate [1]+[2] and share opinions! [1] It's needless to say that passive voice is a sure evidence that leads you to an advanced level of English. Thus, It's highly important to understand for what situation in particular we use it. Firstly, active voice as a clear statement is to show a subject performs the action, followed by the typical word order without any particular attitude, opinion or feeling that is expressed. On the other hand, Sentences in a passive form, based on only transitive verbs, bring an emphasis or focus to the action or the recipient of the action rather than the agent(doer=subject). However, it doesn't mean that they refer to nothing about the agent because passive voice specifically divides it into various types such as unknown, unimportant, distanced and neutral Overall, there's a recipient of the action rather than an agent of verb(the doer=subject) when it comes to passive voice. It's often optional but undesirable to add "by phrases" to the end of the passive sentences in order to clarify who does the action. [2] be passive "be+passive" can be preferable in a sense that it's used with most of the transitive verbs in general. However, it could sound unclear, unnatural and too formal depending on the context. get passive "Get passive" Its use has a high tendency in informal speaking with various forms, etc. However, the sentences you make with it can go totally wrong in terms of certain rules and the nuance it has. Thus, it's desirable to utilise "get+passive" after you get good examples from native English speakers.
18 cze 2022 08:26
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What is the original sentence? It seems like an odd paring of words, but it could work in the right situation.
18 czerwca 2022
I'm not sure I completely understand the question, but you are right that you can form a passive sentence with get + past participle. For instance you could say, "I got beaten by my opponent in tennis" instead of "I was beaten by my opponent in tennis". You could say, "I got taken to the theatre by a friend" instead of "I was taken to the theatre by a friend". In general I'd say that get + past participle is more informal, BUT there are some standard expressions that sound much more natural with "get" - e.g. "I got married last year" - and which provide greater clarity (if you say, "I was married last year" that could mean that now you're not anymore). Lastly, get + past participle doesn't work for verbs which aren't action verbs e.g. understand. You can't say "I got understood by the whole class" - you have to say, "I was understood by the whole class".
18 czerwca 2022
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18 czerwca 2022
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