ENGL1007 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Participle, Samuel Pepys, Dependent Clause

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL1007
• Professor: Nick Reimer

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Clauses are hard because they are complex, as is syntax. The vp in a passive clause is made up of two verbs and often exists in ven form (often the vp = past participle): e. g. "the ball was kicked by the boy. " Exercise 8a - active in to passive voice: Can - the troops were ordered to advance by colonel carruthers. Saussure established that language is a sign system. Can - the notion that language is a sign system was established by saussure. Can - we were instructed to begin working by our supervisor. Can - john was known by us to be a fraud. Rule: clauses that have a direct object can be transformed into the passive voice. example: samuel pepys diary p. 267. "[_subject_] up ii and at the office all the morning, ii and [i] then dined at home. "