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A Descriptive Study of Passive Constructions in English

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  • Thikra Mahmood Ayoob

    (Department of English, College of Education, University of Al-Hamdaniya, Iraq)

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This Study attempts to shed light on a syntactic phenomenon that are used by many speakers which is called passive voice. The aim of this study is to show the construction varieties of this phenomenon in order to be easier for learners of aforeign language. It is argued that passive construction has a variety of construction. To examine this, different kinds of constructions with different tenses have been introduced. The paper concludes with some valuable remarks and suggestions that can be helpful for linguists, instructors and learners of English as a foreign language.

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