 The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive, and the subject of the active verb becomes in the passive an adverbial phrase modifying the predicate verb. Active Voice My cat caught a bird. Austin thanked Charles. The bullet penetrated...  An Advanced English Grammar: With Exercises - Page 120by George Lyman Kittredge, Frank Edgar Farley - 1913 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | B. Du Gué - 1848 - 230 pages
...past of the active verb ; and by placing de, of ; par, by, after the verb. It will be observed that the object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb ; as, Active. Passive. J aime mon père, Mon père est aimé de moi, I love my father. My father... | |
 | Stephen Watkins Clark - 1851 - 270 pages
...of the Active Verb, b°<-omes the object of " by," when the verb becomes Passive ; and " Charles," the object of the Active Verb, becomes the subject of the Passive. NOTE. — The Passive Voice of a verb is formed by adding the Passive Participle of that verb to the... | |
 | George Andrew Jacob - 1851 - 324 pages
...alium confirmant, Liv.ii.24, they encourage each other. VERBS. § 80. The Voices. 1. The immediate object of the Active verb becomes the subject of the Passive; and thus the Accusative case is changed to the Nominative ; as, amo ilium, ille amatur a me, I love him.... | |
 | Thomas Kerchever Arnold - 1853 - 246 pages
...turned into an equivalent sentence whose verb is in the passive voice. (pf- Hence we have this rule: 170 The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb. "The mother punishes the child." "The mother" is the what? [The subject.'] " The child is punished... | |
 | Sir Edmund Head - 1856 - 146 pages
...passive verb, of which the active would be " factum—ire"? The essence of a passive structure is that the object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive, which would then be the case. In Pliny (xxxii. 47) we have of Crassus, " nee fuit satis nisi totum... | |
 | George Andrew Jacob - 1858 - 338 pages
...alium confirmant, Liv. ii. 24, they encourage each other. VERBS. § 80. The Voices. 1. The immediate object of the Active verb becomes the subject of the Passive; and thus the Accusative case is changed to the Nominative ; as, amo ilium, ilk amatvr a me, I IOTB him... | |
 | Edmund Walker Head, sir Edmund Walker Head (8th bart.) - 1858 - 200 pages
...passive verb, of which the active would be " factum ire " ? The essence of a passive structure is that the object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive, which would then be the case. In Pliny (xxxii. 47) we have of Grassus, "nee fuit satis nisi totum Parthorurn... | |
 | Stephen Watkins Clark - 1859 - 320 pages
...Subject of the Active Verb, becomes the Object of "by," when the Verb becomes Passive; and " Charles," the Object of the Active Verb, becomes the Subject of the Passive. ODS. 2.—In the English language, the formation of the Passive Voice is less simple than in many other... | |
 | Stephen Watkins Clark - 1860 - 324 pages
...Subject of the Active Verb, becomes the Object of "by," when the Verb becomes Passive; and " Charles," the Object of the Active Verb, becomes the Subject of the Passive. OBS. 2.—In the English language, the formation of the Passive Voice is less simple than in many other... | |
 | Henry John Roby - 1862 - 248 pages
...sentence may be exprest passively as well as actively. See also § 245. 2. 1. If the verb be transitive, the object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb, and the subject of the active verb is put in the ablative with the preposition ab. Ex. Lucius... | |
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