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Passive/help
Message from tanin5 posted on 29-05-2018 at 22:29:57 (D | E | F)
Hello everybody
Please tell me your idea about my question. What is the passive of this sentence? 'She made me wait.'
Thank you.

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Edited by lucile83 on 30-05-2018 08:26

Re: Passive/help from gerondif, posted on 30-05-2018 at 01:07:15 (D | E)
Hello
you could say: She got me to wait, she had me wait, or in the passive voice, I was made to wait. (by her is unnecessary and would be awkward)

Re: Passive/help from tanin5, posted on 30-05-2018 at 05:48:08 (D | E)
Thank you my friend for your answer.
This verb ( wait) makes me a little confused in passive form! I waited for her. Passive: She was waited!
I think I is also an object for this verb!! I is not waiting( active adj) it has passive adj( waited) !
Am I clear, am I right?
Best regards

Re: Passive/help from gerondif, posted on 30-05-2018 at 12:25:54 (D | E)
Hello
Am I clear ? Not really !
Am I right ? Not really either !

I waited for her. Passive: She was waited for!
There is no point in transforming "I waited for her" into "She was waited for by me" which is awkward and horrible. "She was waited for" could be heard.

I think I is also an object for this verb! No, I is in the subject form, the object form would be me.

I is not waiting( active adj) (waiting is not an adjective but a present participle)
it has passive adj( waited) !(waited is not an adjective but a past participle)

Re: Passive/help from tanin5, posted on 30-05-2018 at 13:52:24 (D | E)
Thank you so much for answering again. That's so kind of you. 🙂Best regards

Re: Passive/help from tanin5, posted on 30-05-2018 at 21:46:43 (D | E)
Hello. Thank both of you.

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