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thlawrence
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PASSIVISERS

Postby thlawrence » Sun Jun 23, 2013 6:53 am

Have you ever heard of the term 'PASSIVISERS'?
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Re: PASSIVISERS

Postby EnglishFix » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:41 pm

No, where did you hear it?
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Re: PASSIVISERS

Postby thlawrence » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:54 pm

The eight forms of the verb 'BE" are called passivisers because we cannot turn an active voice into passive without any one of them (is, am, are, was, were, be, being & been).
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