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    Passive form/help

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    Passive form/help
    Message from solas posted on 15-03-2016 at 16:41:05 (D | E | F)
    Hi,
    I've just taken one of the tests for the passive form.
    One of the questions is to change the following sentence into the passive form:
    People say that he was a hero during the war.
    And it says the correct answer is: He was said to be a hero during the war.
    I wonder if it should be
    "He is said to have been a hero during the war" since people talk about him now(the present tense), not in the past.
    Thank you.


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    Edited by lucile83 on 15-03-2016 21:17


    Re: Passive form/help from willy, posted on 15-03-2016 at 21:11:03 (D | E)
    Hello,
    The answer 'He was said ...' is wrong; yours is correct since the verb 'say' in the main clause is in the simple present tense.



    Re: Passive form/help from lucile83, posted on 15-03-2016 at 21:22:49 (D | E)
    Hello,
    I changed the sentence into
    People said that he was a hero during the war.
    The answer 'He was said ...' is correct now.

    Solas, you should have used the button to report a mistake to get 5 points



    Re: Passive form/help from solas, posted on 28-03-2016 at 07:19:42 (D | E)
    Hello willy,
    Thank you for answering my question, and I'm sorry for my late reply.
    I haven't noticed that you answered my question since I didn't get any notice by email. I appreciate your kind explanation.



    Re: Passive form/help from solas, posted on 28-03-2016 at 07:30:02 (D | E)
    Hello,
    I wonder why the question sentence had to be changed instead of its answer. Since people usually regard someone as a war hero after a war, I thought the original question was fine.



    Re: Passive form/help from lucile83, posted on 28-03-2016 at 09:14:00 (D | E)
    Hello,
    It was technically easier to change the question
    A hero is a hero whenever people say he was one. The date doesn't matter.




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