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#2 (permalink) Sun Nov 12, 2017 13:24 pm passive transformation |
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Hi Irene,
I agree this seems an impossible request especially because 'bask' already has a passive sense - to be exposed to.
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#3 (permalink) Sun Nov 12, 2017 13:57 pm passive transformation |
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Thank you, Alan! _________________ 'How many languages you know - that many times you are a person' |
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#4 (permalink) Sun Nov 12, 2017 15:57 pm passive transformation |
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So they want to you modify the sentence like this model?
It was easy to get on with him. --> He was easy to get on with.
Here they are taking the object of the final preposition and making it the subject. So for your sentence I would say:
It was good to bask in the sun of the Indian summer. --> The sun of the Indian summer was good to bask in. |
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#5 (permalink) Sun Nov 12, 2017 16:58 pm passive transformation |
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Thank you, Luschen! _________________ 'How many languages you know - that many times you are a person' |
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#6 (permalink) Mon Nov 13, 2017 5:33 am Re: passive tranformation |
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Yes, I agree. The sun of the Indian summer was good to bask in is the modified form based on the model suggested. Perhaps, Alan didn't notice the model. _________________ Anglophile
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