Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Passives

👉 In linguistics, a passive verb is one that does not take action but rather gives an effect or status to another word. It can be used in conjunction with other words to create new sentences by modifying their meaning or structure. For example: 1. The cat chased the mouse. 2. The cat was chasing the mouse. In each of these examples, "cat" is the subject (the one doing something), and "chased" is a verb that takes the action of chasing the mouse

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