Re: Passive Form

Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
John R. Yamamoto-Wilson wrote:
Paul Blay wrote:

This is an example of what's sometimes called the 'suffering
passive'.
So called, I presume, because of the sufferings endured by EFL teachers
in Japan when their students produce sentences like "He was drunk his
coffee" and "I was stolen my wallet".

One of my students requested the other to eat on a hamburger today. The
lessons on に　and を bore repetition.
KWW


"Chomp on" is OK in English. "Eat on" isn't.
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