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 #2 (permalink) Tue Dec 05, 2006 23:26 pm Photos are uploading? |
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Hi Torsten
I think upload and download are frequently used in the active voice rather than passive -- no matter who initiates the action. These procedures require little effort but both ends must "do" something, so there isn't any clear 'agent' to pin the passive voice on. For all intents and purposes, files often seem to up and download themselves automatically. :D.
Just my (tired) two cents...
Amy (who would like to be able to automatically upload her house to the US... ;))
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Yankee
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Dec 06, 2006 20:01 pm Photos are uploading? |
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Maybe, in some cases, the use of the passive voice is getting out-of-date? I often encounter the following turn of phrase:
The book will publish...
the play will open...
the film will show/is showing... |
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Dec 06, 2006 21:04 pm Photos are uploading? |
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There also are phrases like the product sells well, the sentence reads...
TOEIC listening, photographs: A protest march |
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Torsten
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