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Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / February 2007need help aktive passive
I want to change the follow aktive sentence into passiv: ordinary, or soft, solder melts at temperatures below 430°, but brazing alloys, sometimes called hard solder, melt above that temperature. my solution: temperatures below 430° are melted ordinary, or soft, solder, temperature above that is melted brazing alloys, sometimes called hard solder. is it right? >I want to change the follow aktive sentence into passiv: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > No. Should be. ordinary, or soft, solder is melted at temperatures below 430°, but brazing alloys, sometimes called hard solder, are melted above that temperature. John Ramsay schrieb: >> I want to change the follow aktive sentence into passiv: >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > brazing alloys, sometimes called hard solder, are melted above that > temperature. The passive structure sounds strange to me - after all, it's the solder that melts. Regards, Einde O'Callaghan > John Ramsay schrieb: >> No. Should be. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The passive structure sounds strange to me - after all, it's the solder > that melts. Or is melted by the application of heat, and the action of applying the heat is the melting. Cookery books usually instruct: "melt the butter" not "make the butter melt". I agree the passive is strange in the example, but test questions often bear little resemblance to Real Life(tm). Owain On Feb 17, 12:40 pm, "Eberhard Janssen" <eberhard.jans...@gmx.de> wrote: > I want to change the follow aktive sentence into passiv: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > is it right? First, for an active sentence to be transformed into a passive sentence, there must be a direct object. The object of a preposition is not a direct object. Second, as used in this sentence, the verb "melt" falls into a special category sometimes known as "ergative" verbs. Other examples: The ball rolled slowly down the hill. The glass broke when it fell on the tile floor. Most ships sink if they have a hole in the hull. Karen |
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