Raiikun -> RE: Ok Law Dawgs! Who wants to take a shot at this? (1/7/2012 12:44:35 PM)
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Oh, and quote:
ORIGINAL: Musicmystery "Being transported" isn't a verb either. "Once you know what to look for, passive constructions are easy to spot. Look for a form of "to be" (is, are, am , was, were, has been, have been, had been, will be, will have been, being) followed by a past participle. (The past participle is a form of the verb that typically, but not always, ends in "-ed." Some exceptions to the "-ed" rule are words like "paid" (not "payed") and "driven." (not "drived"). Here's a sure-fire formula for identifying the passive voice: form of "to be" + past participle = passive voice" http://writingcenter.unc.edu/resources/handouts-demos/citation/passive-voice Edit: And thinking about it more, I have to change my mind on the "oversimplifying" it statement, too. After all, you look at the sentence: "Transport is a verb"...actually, transport is the subject of the sentence with "is" as the verb; but it's meaning is clear. So eh. My original statement still works as intended.
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