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What is the role of the subject in an active voice construction?
What is the role of the subject in an active voice construction?
What is the valence-decreasing process associated with turning an active sense of a verb into a passive sense?
What is the valence-decreasing process associated with turning an active sense of a verb into a passive sense?
In a passive voice construction, the subject expresses the...
In a passive voice construction, the subject expresses the...
What is usually expressed by the subject in passive clauses?
What is usually expressed by the subject in passive clauses?
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In the passive sentence 'The tree was pulled down', what does the subject denote?
In the passive sentence 'The tree was pulled down', what does the subject denote?
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Study Notes
Active and Passive Voice Constructions
- In an active voice construction, the subject performs the action described by the verb.
- The valence-decreasing process associated with turning an active sense of a verb into a passive sense is detransitivization.
Passive Voice Constructions
- In a passive voice construction, the subject expresses the undergoer or recipient of the action described by the verb.
- The subject in passive clauses usually expresses the entity affected by the action.
- In the passive sentence 'The tree was pulled down', the subject 'The tree' denotes the entity that undergoes the action of being pulled down.
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Test your knowledge of passive voice with this quiz. Identify sentences in passive voice and understand the role of the subject in expressing the action or change.
