Amy and the passive

Thursday, 8 May 2008 11:11
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Amy doesn't seem to have acquired a passive voice yet, and will simply use the active voice instead—"stones can't eat" (= can't be eaten), for example.

It reminds me of the Swedish passives(?) in -s, which otherwise look very similar to their corresponding active forms (no separate auxiliary verb, for example).

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