What Kind Of Voice Is Describing In The Following Sentence

Can you change the following sentence to passive voice, “Ram is a very handsome boy”?

No, not with the verb “is” (third person of the verb “to be”).

What's wrong with the following sentences grammatically?

Thanks for the A2A, but it’s wasted on a person like me. I’m not very good at explaining the grammar of things. I tend to concentrate on usage and the phraseology of regular English more than anything else, if that’s applicable as an answer.First sentence:—Though a number of new offices of this company is being opened in New York now, business analysts are not sure of its drastic success.Solution:—Although this company has now opened a number of new offices in New York, business analysts are unsure of its dramatic success.“Although” is more usual to start a sentence.The sentence can be made easier to understand in the active voice by switching “this company” to the front and using “has now opened.”For tighter phraseology, it’s stylistically better (especially in journalism) to use “unsure” instead of “not sure” — mainly on the newspaper rule that “not” can be mistypeset as “now” (and lead to a lawsuit).“Drastic” has essentially negative overtones and doesn’t match “success” (which has positive tones). My opinion is to just use “success” to avoid issues over interpretation vs. perception.Second sentence:—He is watching television all the time. Doesn't he have something better to do?Solution:—He watches television all the time. Doesn’t he have anything better to do?English speakers will say “watches” to mean the general habit of it. “Is watching” is more useful for describing the activity at a particular moment in time.It’s not “something” but “anything.”Thanks for the A2A.

How do I change the sentence “he is a lawyer” into a passive voice?

Even though there are two nouns in this sentence, they are both subjects.The verb ‘to be’ does not take an object; it is a special type of verb called a ‘copula’, which although taking two arguments, does not take an object.For example: ‘It is a dog’ cannot be made passive.With this said, copulas are part of a larger group of verbs called intransitive verbs. Intransitive verbs do not take an object. Any sentence with an intransitive verb cannot be changed into the passive voice. For example: ‘I run’ cannot be made passive.With this said, even transitive verbs which aren’t taking an object cannot be made passive.For example: ‘I always give’ cannot be made passive.The bottom line is, if the sentence does not have a direct object, the sentence cannot be changed into the passive. This is because the subject of a passive verb (note that this argument is required) is the object of the active verb (which is not necessarily required). The subject of the active verb (required) becomes the agent of the passive verb (not required), which is expressed in English with ‘by’.For example: ‘I see the dog’ becomes ‘The dog is seen by me’.

What is the function of the clause in the following sentence, "of course she was surprised when I was able to describe her purse to her”?

There are two clauses in your sentence. The independent, or main, clause is OF COURSE SHE WAS SURPRISED. The subordinate (adverbial) clause is WHEN I WAS ABLE TO DESCRIBE HER PURSE TO HER. It tells when, or under what circumstances, “she was surprised.”

How would you change the following into passive voice, "Please have a cup of tea with me."?

Oh man…Why on Earth would you want to do that?You realize that—no matter what you do—this is going to be the most awkwardly cringe-inducing sentence ever, right?Ok, you asked.Passive voice in English is about subjects, verbs, and objects. In order to convert an active sentence into a passive one, you must have a subject, an action verb, and a direct object:The boy[s] kicked[av] the ball[do].becomesThe ball was kicked by the boy.Let’s simplify your sentence first.Please have a cup of tea with me.The subject is “you” (it’s implied). The verb is “have,” and the direct object is “cup of tea.”At its most basic, you’re saying:You have a cup of tea.Then, let’s passive-ify it to:A cup of tea is had by you.That’s not terrible, but it’s going to get much, much worse. We have to add the prepositional phrase “with me,” so it becomes:A cup of tea with me is had by you.Ugh…And technically, the tense is ambiguous because we should assume that you’re implying this will happen in the future, so…A cup of tea with me will be had by you.And don’t forget the magic word:A cup of tea with me will be had by you, please.That’s gross. Please don’t make me do that again. It sounds like you translated it into Klingon…and back…half a dozen times.Grammar is messy, kids.::Edit::Just to clarify for some people who may not be aware:“Passive” does not mean “wordy” or “convoluted” when we talk about “passive voice” in English, though passive sentences can be wordy and convoluted. There is a very specific definition for what makes a passive sentence. In passive voice, the subject of the sentence is being acted on by the object, rather than the subject acting on the object.Some comments imply that making the statement more confusing, making it more formal, or adding complex vocabulary makes a sentence passive. Passive-aggressive, maybe…but not passive voice.Also, as a few people have pointed out, you can’t technically convert an imperative sentence into passive voice and retain the implicit meaning, but there’s absolutely no fun in giving that as an answer. I think my answer sufficiently explains why it can’t and shouldn’t be done. (:

Is the following sentence correct: "Number of copies manufactured will be increased in coming months"?

At the outset we will agree this sentence sounds a bit odd for more reasons than one.Taking the sentence as it is the only modification you need to do is to add ‘to be’The number of copies to be manufactured will be increased in the coming months.However, looking into finer aspects, the use of articles, and the choice of words makes it look unEnglish. So, we will add The in the beginning and preferably before ‘coming’.Secondly what are you manufacturing?? Since you mention copies are they books? If they are books or journals or papers, or any print medium, then it could be plainly produced, if they are some industrial products, or gadgets then we will not use the word copies rather we can say ‘units’ .The inclusion of ‘to be’ has to be made becauseThe number of copies manufacturedmeans that you are referring to those products that have already been prepared. But I conjecture this will be an on going process, you keep producing on and on periodically. So the sentence must be indicative of this.

What are the words used to describe somebody's voice?

Do you want adjectices to modify the noun voice. Or are you asking about the difference between voices in grammar as I quote below:www.towson.eduIn the active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action or causes the happening denoted by the verb. The verb ate indicates the active voice. But consider the following sentence which is inpassive voice: ... The passive voice shows that something has been acted upon by someone or something else.

What is the passive voice of the sentence “someone stole my bag”?

Someone stole my bag. Active voice.Is becomes was, steal becomes stole, stole becomes was stolen in passive voice.So change stole to was stolenPassive voice would then be..My bag was stolen by someone.