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Present and past passives

Learning English Grammar

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6 Minute Grammar

In English, we can talk about things in both the active and passive voice. Pharrell Williams' song Happy is an example of the active voice. But what if we want to focus on what receives the action? That's the object in the active sentence. Can we put the song Happy at the beginning of the sentence? Yes, but the grammar needs to change.

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