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What is canonical passive?

Updated: 5/2/2024
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Canonical passive is a voice construction in linguistics where the subject of the sentence undergoes the action rather than performing it. It is formed using a form of "to be" followed by the past participle of the main verb. For example, "The cake was baked by Mary" is a canonical passive construction where "cake" is the subject undergoing the action.

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