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For those saying "are" is active voice, I have now searched several large, heavy reference books for support for your definitions—incl. the 1,842-page "Cambridge Grammar of the English Language." I haven't found any support yet and my biceps are tired. Please find it for me. 😁👍
For those saying "are" is active voice, I have now searched several large, heavy reference books for support for your definitions—incl. the 1,842-page "Cambridge Grammar of the English Language." I haven't found any support yet and my biceps are tired. Please find it for me. 😁👍
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Are your pronunciations of the possessive surnames in the three phrases below identical? Zoe Joss’ dog Zoe Joss’s dog the Josses’ dog
I can't answer this reliably without research, since I don't know what the industry conventions are. Please help, fire professionals. In my state of ignorance I would favor "wildfire firefighter," but I can see why some people wouldn't like it. Both options appear frequently.
I can't answer this reliably without research, since I don't know what the industry conventions are. Please help, fire professionals. In my state of ignorance I would favor "wildfire firefighter," but I can see why some people wouldn't like it. Both options appear frequently.
Is the sentence below written in active voice or passive voice? Yabba Dabba swim fins are the most widely used swim fins.
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@GrammarTable IMHO, the active vs. passive voice categories apply only to transitive verbs.
@Polit_eurOpines @GrammarTable I think the key point is that the active/passive voice distinction only applies to transitive verbs — i.e. it’s not inherent in the verb itself but the way it’s used in a sentence, and you can’t use intransitive verbs that way
@GrammarTable I was taught that -ly adverbs do not use hyphens.
@GrammarTable At the deep structure, "the widely used..." is passive
My position is dominant (so far).
This is a ________ (widely used, widely-used) reference book.
Shingles, metatarsalgia, cataract. Just words, until you’re in your 50s and they become horribly real.
@GrammarTable I would pronounce the first one the same way as the others, as in "Bridget Jones' Diary", but possibly only because I would write "Bridget Jones's Diary" myself and therefore pronounce it thus.
@GrammarTable And yes, I can't think of an example of such an ambiguity just now, so will have to switch off my phone and wait for the esprit d'escalier to kick in. 😄
@GrammarTable Joss's and Josses' are homophones for me, as are Joss' and Joss.
@GrammarTable In itself, yes, almost - I'd have to take out the 'her' to have a clear conscience about it. I say 'in itself' because whether it is good or not depends on the sentence that comes immediately before it. It would have to be something like, "I had two friends, Carol and Priscilla"
@John_Barach For instance, Garner says "Only transitive verbs are said to have voice" in his Chicago Guide to Grammar (p. 90), reflecting the more modern view.
@ElaineReplogle @GrammarTable I've read that you normally don't use a hyphen when a word ending in LY (such as "widely") is used. I also have seen this to be the case for "very."
@GrammarTable Touché! Intransitives (statives, verbs of motion generally etc) by definition don't have an active/passive distinction, because there is no object that can be raised to a subject. The category of voice only applies to transitive verbs. We live to fight again.
@GrammarTable I'm a little proud I got it right - even if it took a few years of studying Japanese for me to understand the concept of a "copula" verb. 😀
@GrammarTable 😭😭😭 My confidence is still shattered by the possessive Roberts revelation.
@GrammarTable Yes is “well used” (or maybe “well-used”?) an adjectival phrase with adverb and past participle?
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