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One of the most frequent mistakes we see in writing is the confusion as to whether certain verbs can form a passive structure or not. Take a look at the following sentences extracted from recent e-mails we have reviewed: ‘The exterior work will be commenced next month.’ ‘An incident on site was occurred yesterday.’ ‘The shipment will be arrived next Thursday.’ The examples above, are incorrect, because the verbs cannot be used in a passive structure. The verbs are action verbs, but they do not have an object receiving the action. If they do not have an object, then they cannot form the passive structure. These are then known as ‘intransitive verbs’ Therefore, the previous incorrect sentences should be written: ‘The exterior work will commence next month.’ ‘An incident on site occurred yesterday.’ ‘The shipment will be arrived next Thursday.’ So, besides the verbs in the examples, try to remember the following verbs as they are intransitive and cannot be used in the passive: succeed, remain, rise, seem, commence, happen, exist, fail, fall, appear, and result from/in
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 06:22:57 +0000

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