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Faith
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 3:09 pm Post subject: Do you know this? |
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"I was born in 1980."
This sentence is passive. Is it right? I learned it was a passive sentence, but some of my professor were confused.  One of them even told me "born" is an adjective. I couldn't belive what she said. I still think this is a passive sentence. What do you think about this?
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 3:59 pm Post subject: Passive |
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Yes, it's passive. "Born" is the past participle of the verb, " to bear".
Obviously you cannot give birth to yourself. But you can bear children (if you're a woman) and in that case it's active. |
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jctgf
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2003 8:15 am Post subject: |
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| according to my dictionary it is ALSO an adjective. |
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2003 10:56 am Post subject: Born |
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| Yes, it's also an adjective "Born leader" ,for example, but we were talking about the sentence "I was born in 1980." |
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