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What is the passive voice of "I like to sing my baby sister to sleep.
A. She likes to be sung to sleep.
B. She likes to be sung to be slept.
According to me it is A but i am not sure as English is not my native language and i also know that sometimes it sounds weird if an active voice is made into a passive one. But this afternoon a friend of mine asked me about it and I couldn't answer. So that is why I want to know which one is correct.
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What is the passive voice of "I like to sing my baby sister to sleep.
A. She likes to be sung to sleep.
B. She likes to be sung to be slept.
According to me it is A but i am not sure as English is not my native language and i also know that sometimes it sounds weird if an active voice is made into a passive one. But this afternoon a friend of mine asked me about it and I couldn't answer. So that is why I want to know which one is correct.
passive-voice active-vs-passive
asked May 29 at 17:58
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What is the passive voice of "I like to sing my baby sister to sleep.
A. She likes to be sung to sleep.
B. She likes to be sung to be slept.
According to me it is A but i am not sure as English is not my native language and i also know that sometimes it sounds weird if an active voice is made into a passive one. But this afternoon a friend of mine asked me about it and I couldn't answer. So that is why I want to know which one is correct.
passive-voice active-vs-passive
asked May 29 at 17:58
kuldeep sharmakuldeep sharma
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What is the passive voice of "I like to sing my baby sister to sleep.
A. She likes to be sung to sleep.
B. She likes to be sung to be slept.
According to me it is A but i am not sure as English is not my native language and i also know that sometimes it sounds weird if an active voice is made into a passive one. But this afternoon a friend of mine asked me about it and I couldn't answer. So that is why I want to know which one is correct.
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As Showsni has pointed out, neither of the two sentences you've asked about is actually a passive-voice equivalent of "I like to sing my baby sister to sleep." That would be "Singing my baby sister to sleep is liked by me."
That said, "She likes to be sung to sleep" would be the correct way to use the passive voice to say that when you sing her to sleep, she enjoys it. (In the idiomatic phrase "sing to sleep," "sleep" is actually not a verb, but a noun.)
answered May 29 at 19:53
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Thank you Nanigashi for point that out. I know i made a mistake. And you also told me the answer i was looking for, if my sister likes it when i sing her to sleep, then passive would be: she likes to be sung to sleep.
– kuldeep sharma
May 29 at 20:04
I'm glad I could help!
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:07
The A sentence is correct and is a passive. It just leaves off the agent.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:21
@Lambie, yes, I know it's a correct use of the passive. That's why I said it's correct, though not in fact a passive-voice equivalent of the original sentence.
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:24
Yes, but Showsni claimed neither sentence was correct, which is wrong. The like part cannot really be made passive, can it? However, "she likes to be sung to sleep" is not technically passive at all as you say. She likes + direct object infinitive verb phrase.
– Lambie
May 30 at 23:07
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Neither of those options would be correct; you're the one that likes it, not her. You'd have to say something like "Singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like."
answered May 29 at 18:12
ShowsniShowsni
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But "singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like" isn't the passive voice. You'd actually have to say "singing my baby sister to sleep is liked by me."
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 19:54
|She likes to be sung to sleep.| is 100% correct.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:10
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"I like to sing my baby sister to sleep. OK [ACTIVE VOICE]
PASSIVES:
"My baby sister likes being sung to sleep by me."
OR
"My baby sister likes to be sung to sleep by me."
That is how you do it. Like can take to sleep or like + gerund.
answered May 29 at 20:13
LambieLambie
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It's misleading to write "the verb after to is invariable." In the phrase "to sing [someone] to sleep," "sleep" is not a verb at all, but a noun. It is analogous to "death" in "to bore [someone] to death."
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:28
Yes, it was just me going too fast.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:32
Thanks to all of you guys but I have another question what does sing someone to sleep actually mean? Does it mean singing to someone so that they fall asleep while listening to it or does the falling asleep occurs later when someone has sung a song? Like a mother saying to her little daughter after singing a song: "go to sleep now, I have sung you a song.
– kuldeep sharma
May 30 at 3:29
@kuldeepsharma I thought you were kidding. Goodness me. It means your first idea....
– Lambie
May 30 at 15:23
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The passive equivalent of '(I) (like) (to sing my baby sister to sleep)' is '(To sing my baby sister to sleep) (is liked) (by me)'. '(My baby sister) (likes) (being/to be sung to sleep) (by me)' is active voice, as you can see from the main verb 'likes' (passive voice needs verb [be] and a passive participle main verb). 'Singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like' is also active voice.
The problem is that there are two verbs here - 'like' and 'to sing', both of which could be turned into passive, 'like' easily and 'to sing' with great difficulty. The passive voice equivalent of '(to sing) (my baby sister to sleep)' is '(my baby sister) (to be sung to sleep)', so whole sentence would be 'I like my baby sister to be sung to sleep by me'.
Both of these passive voice sentences are at best extremely awkward and at worst completely ungrammatical (I can't decide), so the best reasonable equivalent is 'My baby sister likes to be/being sung to sleep by me'. (There are other choices.)
answered May 30 at 9:21
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As Showsni has pointed out, neither of the two sentences you've asked about is actually a passive-voice equivalent of "I like to sing my baby sister to sleep." That would be "Singing my baby sister to sleep is liked by me."
That said, "She likes to be sung to sleep" would be the correct way to use the passive voice to say that when you sing her to sleep, she enjoys it. (In the idiomatic phrase "sing to sleep," "sleep" is actually not a verb, but a noun.)
answered May 29 at 19:53
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Thank you Nanigashi for point that out. I know i made a mistake. And you also told me the answer i was looking for, if my sister likes it when i sing her to sleep, then passive would be: she likes to be sung to sleep.
– kuldeep sharma
May 29 at 20:04
I'm glad I could help!
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:07
The A sentence is correct and is a passive. It just leaves off the agent.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:21
@Lambie, yes, I know it's a correct use of the passive. That's why I said it's correct, though not in fact a passive-voice equivalent of the original sentence.
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:24
Yes, but Showsni claimed neither sentence was correct, which is wrong. The like part cannot really be made passive, can it? However, "she likes to be sung to sleep" is not technically passive at all as you say. She likes + direct object infinitive verb phrase.
– Lambie
May 30 at 23:07
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As Showsni has pointed out, neither of the two sentences you've asked about is actually a passive-voice equivalent of "I like to sing my baby sister to sleep." That would be "Singing my baby sister to sleep is liked by me."
That said, "She likes to be sung to sleep" would be the correct way to use the passive voice to say that when you sing her to sleep, she enjoys it. (In the idiomatic phrase "sing to sleep," "sleep" is actually not a verb, but a noun.)
answered May 29 at 19:53
NanigashiNanigashi
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Thank you Nanigashi for point that out. I know i made a mistake. And you also told me the answer i was looking for, if my sister likes it when i sing her to sleep, then passive would be: she likes to be sung to sleep.
– kuldeep sharma
May 29 at 20:04
I'm glad I could help!
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:07
The A sentence is correct and is a passive. It just leaves off the agent.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:21
@Lambie, yes, I know it's a correct use of the passive. That's why I said it's correct, though not in fact a passive-voice equivalent of the original sentence.
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:24
Yes, but Showsni claimed neither sentence was correct, which is wrong. The like part cannot really be made passive, can it? However, "she likes to be sung to sleep" is not technically passive at all as you say. She likes + direct object infinitive verb phrase.
– Lambie
May 30 at 23:07
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As Showsni has pointed out, neither of the two sentences you've asked about is actually a passive-voice equivalent of "I like to sing my baby sister to sleep." That would be "Singing my baby sister to sleep is liked by me."
That said, "She likes to be sung to sleep" would be the correct way to use the passive voice to say that when you sing her to sleep, she enjoys it. (In the idiomatic phrase "sing to sleep," "sleep" is actually not a verb, but a noun.)
answered May 29 at 19:53
NanigashiNanigashi
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As Showsni has pointed out, neither of the two sentences you've asked about is actually a passive-voice equivalent of "I like to sing my baby sister to sleep." That would be "Singing my baby sister to sleep is liked by me."
That said, "She likes to be sung to sleep" would be the correct way to use the passive voice to say that when you sing her to sleep, she enjoys it. (In the idiomatic phrase "sing to sleep," "sleep" is actually not a verb, but a noun.)
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Thank you Nanigashi for point that out. I know i made a mistake. And you also told me the answer i was looking for, if my sister likes it when i sing her to sleep, then passive would be: she likes to be sung to sleep.
– kuldeep sharma
May 29 at 20:04
I'm glad I could help!
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:07
The A sentence is correct and is a passive. It just leaves off the agent.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:21
@Lambie, yes, I know it's a correct use of the passive. That's why I said it's correct, though not in fact a passive-voice equivalent of the original sentence.
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:24
Yes, but Showsni claimed neither sentence was correct, which is wrong. The like part cannot really be made passive, can it? However, "she likes to be sung to sleep" is not technically passive at all as you say. She likes + direct object infinitive verb phrase.
– Lambie
May 30 at 23:07
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Thank you Nanigashi for point that out. I know i made a mistake. And you also told me the answer i was looking for, if my sister likes it when i sing her to sleep, then passive would be: she likes to be sung to sleep.
– kuldeep sharma
May 29 at 20:04
I'm glad I could help!
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:07
The A sentence is correct and is a passive. It just leaves off the agent.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:21
@Lambie, yes, I know it's a correct use of the passive. That's why I said it's correct, though not in fact a passive-voice equivalent of the original sentence.
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:24
Yes, but Showsni claimed neither sentence was correct, which is wrong. The like part cannot really be made passive, can it? However, "she likes to be sung to sleep" is not technically passive at all as you say. She likes + direct object infinitive verb phrase.
– Lambie
May 30 at 23:07
1
1
Thank you Nanigashi for point that out. I know i made a mistake. And you also told me the answer i was looking for, if my sister likes it when i sing her to sleep, then passive would be: she likes to be sung to sleep.
– kuldeep sharma
May 29 at 20:04
Thank you Nanigashi for point that out. I know i made a mistake. And you also told me the answer i was looking for, if my sister likes it when i sing her to sleep, then passive would be: she likes to be sung to sleep.
– kuldeep sharma
May 29 at 20:04
I'm glad I could help!
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:07
I'm glad I could help!
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:07
The A sentence is correct and is a passive. It just leaves off the agent.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:21
The A sentence is correct and is a passive. It just leaves off the agent.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:21
@Lambie, yes, I know it's a correct use of the passive. That's why I said it's correct, though not in fact a passive-voice equivalent of the original sentence.
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:24
@Lambie, yes, I know it's a correct use of the passive. That's why I said it's correct, though not in fact a passive-voice equivalent of the original sentence.
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:24
Yes, but Showsni claimed neither sentence was correct, which is wrong. The like part cannot really be made passive, can it? However, "she likes to be sung to sleep" is not technically passive at all as you say. She likes + direct object infinitive verb phrase.
– Lambie
May 30 at 23:07
Yes, but Showsni claimed neither sentence was correct, which is wrong. The like part cannot really be made passive, can it? However, "she likes to be sung to sleep" is not technically passive at all as you say. She likes + direct object infinitive verb phrase.
– Lambie
May 30 at 23:07
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Neither of those options would be correct; you're the one that likes it, not her. You'd have to say something like "Singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like."
answered May 29 at 18:12
ShowsniShowsni
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But "singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like" isn't the passive voice. You'd actually have to say "singing my baby sister to sleep is liked by me."
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 19:54
|She likes to be sung to sleep.| is 100% correct.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:10
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Neither of those options would be correct; you're the one that likes it, not her. You'd have to say something like "Singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like."
answered May 29 at 18:12
ShowsniShowsni
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But "singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like" isn't the passive voice. You'd actually have to say "singing my baby sister to sleep is liked by me."
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 19:54
|She likes to be sung to sleep.| is 100% correct.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:10
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Neither of those options would be correct; you're the one that likes it, not her. You'd have to say something like "Singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like."
answered May 29 at 18:12
ShowsniShowsni
9804 bronze badges
Neither of those options would be correct; you're the one that likes it, not her. You'd have to say something like "Singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like."
answered May 29 at 18:12
ShowsniShowsni
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answered May 29 at 18:12
ShowsniShowsni
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answered May 29 at 18:12
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answered May 29 at 18:12
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But "singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like" isn't the passive voice. You'd actually have to say "singing my baby sister to sleep is liked by me."
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 19:54
|She likes to be sung to sleep.| is 100% correct.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:10
add a comment
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But "singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like" isn't the passive voice. You'd actually have to say "singing my baby sister to sleep is liked by me."
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 19:54
|She likes to be sung to sleep.| is 100% correct.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:10
But "singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like" isn't the passive voice. You'd actually have to say "singing my baby sister to sleep is liked by me."
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 19:54
But "singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like" isn't the passive voice. You'd actually have to say "singing my baby sister to sleep is liked by me."
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 19:54
|She likes to be sung to sleep.| is 100% correct.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:10
|She likes to be sung to sleep.| is 100% correct.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:10
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"I like to sing my baby sister to sleep. OK [ACTIVE VOICE]
PASSIVES:
"My baby sister likes being sung to sleep by me."
OR
"My baby sister likes to be sung to sleep by me."
That is how you do it. Like can take to sleep or like + gerund.
answered May 29 at 20:13
LambieLambie
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It's misleading to write "the verb after to is invariable." In the phrase "to sing [someone] to sleep," "sleep" is not a verb at all, but a noun. It is analogous to "death" in "to bore [someone] to death."
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:28
Yes, it was just me going too fast.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:32
Thanks to all of you guys but I have another question what does sing someone to sleep actually mean? Does it mean singing to someone so that they fall asleep while listening to it or does the falling asleep occurs later when someone has sung a song? Like a mother saying to her little daughter after singing a song: "go to sleep now, I have sung you a song.
– kuldeep sharma
May 30 at 3:29
@kuldeepsharma I thought you were kidding. Goodness me. It means your first idea....
– Lambie
May 30 at 15:23
add a comment
|
"I like to sing my baby sister to sleep. OK [ACTIVE VOICE]
PASSIVES:
"My baby sister likes being sung to sleep by me."
OR
"My baby sister likes to be sung to sleep by me."
That is how you do it. Like can take to sleep or like + gerund.
answered May 29 at 20:13
LambieLambie
21.6k16 silver badges47 bronze badges
It's misleading to write "the verb after to is invariable." In the phrase "to sing [someone] to sleep," "sleep" is not a verb at all, but a noun. It is analogous to "death" in "to bore [someone] to death."
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:28
Yes, it was just me going too fast.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:32
Thanks to all of you guys but I have another question what does sing someone to sleep actually mean? Does it mean singing to someone so that they fall asleep while listening to it or does the falling asleep occurs later when someone has sung a song? Like a mother saying to her little daughter after singing a song: "go to sleep now, I have sung you a song.
– kuldeep sharma
May 30 at 3:29
@kuldeepsharma I thought you were kidding. Goodness me. It means your first idea....
– Lambie
May 30 at 15:23
add a comment
|
"I like to sing my baby sister to sleep. OK [ACTIVE VOICE]
PASSIVES:
"My baby sister likes being sung to sleep by me."
OR
"My baby sister likes to be sung to sleep by me."
That is how you do it. Like can take to sleep or like + gerund.
answered May 29 at 20:13
LambieLambie
21.6k16 silver badges47 bronze badges
"I like to sing my baby sister to sleep. OK [ACTIVE VOICE]
PASSIVES:
"My baby sister likes being sung to sleep by me."
OR
"My baby sister likes to be sung to sleep by me."
That is how you do it. Like can take to sleep or like + gerund.
answered May 29 at 20:13
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edited May 30 at 15:22
answered May 29 at 20:13
LambieLambie
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answered May 29 at 20:13
LambieLambie
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answered May 29 at 20:13
LambieLambie
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21.6k16 silver badges47 bronze badges
It's misleading to write "the verb after to is invariable." In the phrase "to sing [someone] to sleep," "sleep" is not a verb at all, but a noun. It is analogous to "death" in "to bore [someone] to death."
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:28
Yes, it was just me going too fast.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:32
Thanks to all of you guys but I have another question what does sing someone to sleep actually mean? Does it mean singing to someone so that they fall asleep while listening to it or does the falling asleep occurs later when someone has sung a song? Like a mother saying to her little daughter after singing a song: "go to sleep now, I have sung you a song.
– kuldeep sharma
May 30 at 3:29
@kuldeepsharma I thought you were kidding. Goodness me. It means your first idea....
– Lambie
May 30 at 15:23
add a comment
|
It's misleading to write "the verb after to is invariable." In the phrase "to sing [someone] to sleep," "sleep" is not a verb at all, but a noun. It is analogous to "death" in "to bore [someone] to death."
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:28
Yes, it was just me going too fast.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:32
Thanks to all of you guys but I have another question what does sing someone to sleep actually mean? Does it mean singing to someone so that they fall asleep while listening to it or does the falling asleep occurs later when someone has sung a song? Like a mother saying to her little daughter after singing a song: "go to sleep now, I have sung you a song.
– kuldeep sharma
May 30 at 3:29
@kuldeepsharma I thought you were kidding. Goodness me. It means your first idea....
– Lambie
May 30 at 15:23
It's misleading to write "the verb after to is invariable." In the phrase "to sing [someone] to sleep," "sleep" is not a verb at all, but a noun. It is analogous to "death" in "to bore [someone] to death."
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:28
It's misleading to write "the verb after to is invariable." In the phrase "to sing [someone] to sleep," "sleep" is not a verb at all, but a noun. It is analogous to "death" in "to bore [someone] to death."
– Nanigashi
May 29 at 20:28
Yes, it was just me going too fast.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:32
Yes, it was just me going too fast.
– Lambie
May 29 at 20:32
Thanks to all of you guys but I have another question what does sing someone to sleep actually mean? Does it mean singing to someone so that they fall asleep while listening to it or does the falling asleep occurs later when someone has sung a song? Like a mother saying to her little daughter after singing a song: "go to sleep now, I have sung you a song.
– kuldeep sharma
May 30 at 3:29
Thanks to all of you guys but I have another question what does sing someone to sleep actually mean? Does it mean singing to someone so that they fall asleep while listening to it or does the falling asleep occurs later when someone has sung a song? Like a mother saying to her little daughter after singing a song: "go to sleep now, I have sung you a song.
– kuldeep sharma
May 30 at 3:29
@kuldeepsharma I thought you were kidding. Goodness me. It means your first idea....
– Lambie
May 30 at 15:23
@kuldeepsharma I thought you were kidding. Goodness me. It means your first idea....
– Lambie
May 30 at 15:23
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The passive equivalent of '(I) (like) (to sing my baby sister to sleep)' is '(To sing my baby sister to sleep) (is liked) (by me)'. '(My baby sister) (likes) (being/to be sung to sleep) (by me)' is active voice, as you can see from the main verb 'likes' (passive voice needs verb [be] and a passive participle main verb). 'Singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like' is also active voice.
The problem is that there are two verbs here - 'like' and 'to sing', both of which could be turned into passive, 'like' easily and 'to sing' with great difficulty. The passive voice equivalent of '(to sing) (my baby sister to sleep)' is '(my baby sister) (to be sung to sleep)', so whole sentence would be 'I like my baby sister to be sung to sleep by me'.
Both of these passive voice sentences are at best extremely awkward and at worst completely ungrammatical (I can't decide), so the best reasonable equivalent is 'My baby sister likes to be/being sung to sleep by me'. (There are other choices.)
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The passive equivalent of '(I) (like) (to sing my baby sister to sleep)' is '(To sing my baby sister to sleep) (is liked) (by me)'. '(My baby sister) (likes) (being/to be sung to sleep) (by me)' is active voice, as you can see from the main verb 'likes' (passive voice needs verb [be] and a passive participle main verb). 'Singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like' is also active voice.
The problem is that there are two verbs here - 'like' and 'to sing', both of which could be turned into passive, 'like' easily and 'to sing' with great difficulty. The passive voice equivalent of '(to sing) (my baby sister to sleep)' is '(my baby sister) (to be sung to sleep)', so whole sentence would be 'I like my baby sister to be sung to sleep by me'.
Both of these passive voice sentences are at best extremely awkward and at worst completely ungrammatical (I can't decide), so the best reasonable equivalent is 'My baby sister likes to be/being sung to sleep by me'. (There are other choices.)
answered May 30 at 9:21
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The passive equivalent of '(I) (like) (to sing my baby sister to sleep)' is '(To sing my baby sister to sleep) (is liked) (by me)'. '(My baby sister) (likes) (being/to be sung to sleep) (by me)' is active voice, as you can see from the main verb 'likes' (passive voice needs verb [be] and a passive participle main verb). 'Singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like' is also active voice.
The problem is that there are two verbs here - 'like' and 'to sing', both of which could be turned into passive, 'like' easily and 'to sing' with great difficulty. The passive voice equivalent of '(to sing) (my baby sister to sleep)' is '(my baby sister) (to be sung to sleep)', so whole sentence would be 'I like my baby sister to be sung to sleep by me'.
Both of these passive voice sentences are at best extremely awkward and at worst completely ungrammatical (I can't decide), so the best reasonable equivalent is 'My baby sister likes to be/being sung to sleep by me'. (There are other choices.)
answered May 30 at 9:21
SydneySydney
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The passive equivalent of '(I) (like) (to sing my baby sister to sleep)' is '(To sing my baby sister to sleep) (is liked) (by me)'. '(My baby sister) (likes) (being/to be sung to sleep) (by me)' is active voice, as you can see from the main verb 'likes' (passive voice needs verb [be] and a passive participle main verb). 'Singing my baby sister to sleep is something I like' is also active voice.
The problem is that there are two verbs here - 'like' and 'to sing', both of which could be turned into passive, 'like' easily and 'to sing' with great difficulty. The passive voice equivalent of '(to sing) (my baby sister to sleep)' is '(my baby sister) (to be sung to sleep)', so whole sentence would be 'I like my baby sister to be sung to sleep by me'.
Both of these passive voice sentences are at best extremely awkward and at worst completely ungrammatical (I can't decide), so the best reasonable equivalent is 'My baby sister likes to be/being sung to sleep by me'. (There are other choices.)
answered May 30 at 9:21
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answered May 30 at 9:21
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