The distinction, however, is not always sharp, and in cases of doubt the phrase may be taken together as a passive verb.
A noun clause may be used as the +retained object+ of a passive verb (ยง 253).
The direct object after a passive verb is often called the +retained object+.
Whenever a person or thing is distinctly present to the mind as the doer of the action, we have a passive verb-phrase.
Are worn," which the critic unwarrantably divides by his misplaced curves and uncouth impletions, is a passive verb, agreeing with the pronoun as.
The signification of the tenses is the same as in the active voice, except, of course, that the subject of a passive verb is acted upon.
Per, used after a passive verb, denotes the means or instrument; de denotes the agent.
Agency = By (after a passive verb, to show the agent).
A few remarks on the "Passive Verb," and I will conclude this part of our subject, which has already occupied much more of our attention than I expected at the outset.
It is a passive verb, indicative mood, present tense.
In the explanation of this verb, grammarians further tell us that a passive verb is formed by adding the verb to be, which is thus made auxiliary, to a past participle; as, Portia was loved.
The Conjugation of an active verb, is styled the active voice; and that of a passive verb, the passive voice.
The nominative to a passive verb, is the object, but not the agent, of the action.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "passive verb" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
