been questioned and the owner of the stolen getaway car has been traced.
- Headlines, advertisements, notices, act. Egg KENEDY ASSASSINATED! TRADE AGREEMENTS BROKEN! PRICES
SLASHED! ALL GOODS REDUCED! PETROL COUPONS ACCEPTED
- Scientific writing (to describe process) Egg The mixture is placed in a crucible and is heated to a temperature of
300
0
C. It is then allowed to cool before it can analyze.
[Alexander,1988:246]
II.4. Some special forms with passive meaning
II.4.1. Modal verb in the passive We can use the passive with a modal verb (or an expression like have to. The pattern is Modal verb + be+ past participle
[1994:136] Egg The doors must/should be shut.
[Thomson, 1986:263] A modal verb can also go with the perfect and the passive together. The pattern is Modal verb + have been + past participle (P
II
) Egg The plane might have been delayed by the fog. Eastwood, 1994:136]
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