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Pretty3
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urgent help please
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Hi
How r u doing?
I hope you are fine.
I have question please:Can we change this sentence into passive:
I am trying to help Huda???
Regards
:)
Ps. I edited the post.
Change the sentence into passive not negative.
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15 Nov 2013
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Pretty3
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Can you tell me what the object?? |
15 Nov 2013
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MoodyMoody
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The negative is "I am (or I �m) not trying to help Huda."
"Huda" is the object of the infinitive verb "to help."
I hope that answers your questions! |
15 Nov 2013
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JuliaKaraban
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I �m not trying to help Hunda. or I am not trying to help Hunda. You can choose the variant you like, they are both correct. |
15 Nov 2013
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Pretty3
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I am very very sorry
I mean : change them into passive??? |
15 Nov 2013
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dutchboydvh
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I think it would be,
"Hudda is trying to be helped by me." But it seems clumsy. Folks, do I have it right? Ideally i�d lose the trying and just have it as: "Hudda is being helped by me."
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16 Nov 2013
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Apodo
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Some things just don �t work in a passive form because they don �t sound right or logical.
Hudda is being helped by me.
This sounds OK, but you can �t really add �trying �. @dutchboy - Hudda isn �t trying, I am. :-)
A formal way of giving the meaning that I am trying could be:
edit: See Cunliffe�s answer below  .
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16 Nov 2013
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cunliffe
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Apodo �s answer is good. You can make this passive, but �trying � will have to go. So, �An attempt is being made by me to help Huda. � |
16 Nov 2013
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hussamk2000
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Why not we say � Helping Huda is being tried by me ? because if you said � Huda is being helped by me � this means as if you are changing � I �m helping Huda � into the passive. I also want to add that some verbs don �t recieve an object , so we can �t change them into passive like the verb �go � �I go to school everyday � look we can �t change it into passive because the verb �go � is intransitive verb. |
16 Nov 2013
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