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Yesterday was my English exam, and there was a question that I disagreed on with all the English teachers in the school, so in order to know the exact correct answer, the best thing to do is to ask British people (I am Egyptian by the way). This is the question:
Begin the following phrase with the word "Books", so that it would give the same meaning:
-People still read books.
My answer: Books are still being read by people.
The teachers' answer: Books are still read by people.
There are only 2 students in the school that wrote my answer: Me and my friend, and we're both the best English students in the school. And I mean the BEST, there is no one else in the school that can be compared to us. While on the other hand, all 3 English teachers in the school say that the correct answer is the other one, so ?
Begin the following phrase with the word "Books", so that it would give the same meaning:
-People still read books.
My answer: Books are still being read by people.
The teachers' answer: Books are still read by people.
There are only 2 students in the school that wrote my answer: Me and my friend, and we're both the best English students in the school. And I mean the BEST, there is no one else in the school that can be compared to us. While on the other hand, all 3 English teachers in the school say that the correct answer is the other one, so ?
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Well both sentences make sense, and both are right. But their sentence is not wrong, as you seem to think.
They make as many mistakes as hell, and me and my friend have had hundreds of arguments with them in the past. We were right in all of them, except this one..
To me, both seem good. But the one your teachers think is right seems to match the question more.
No, the word "still" implies that an action is still occuring, therefore it is not in the past and it is going on in the present.
And with your case of "used up", that is not the same. In the case of "the water is used up", "used up" is acting as an adjective, as in "the water is brown", so it's not a passive verb.
And with your case of "used up", that is not the same. In the case of "the water is used up", "used up" is acting as an adjective, as in "the water is brown", so it's not a passive verb.
"Books are still being read by people" implies
"People are still reading books"
Get it now?
You unneccessarily put in the word "being" as it changes the meaning of the sentence.
They're English teachers, tehy've been doing this for years and years and years and probably have a degree in it, so why argue with them?
"People are still reading books"
Get it now?
You unneccessarily put in the word "being" as it changes the meaning of the sentence.
They're English teachers, tehy've been doing this for years and years and years and probably have a degree in it, so why argue with them?
ye...
Ahhh darn it, now I'll never go to a decent uni..
homosh wrote:
> Exactly, but try it with "still", in this case
> "being" would seem necessary, right ?
no, it's unnecessary. We already established that.
> Exactly, but try it with "still", in this case
> "being" would seem necessary, right ?
no, it's unnecessary. We already established that.
homosh wrote:
> Exactly, but try it with "still", in this case
> "being" would seem necessary, right ?
no ;' {
> Exactly, but try it with "still", in this case
> "being" would seem necessary, right ?
no ;' {
Exactly, but try it with "still", in this case "being" would seem necessary, right ?
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