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The Passive Voice

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The Passive Voice

Infinitive Constructions After Passive Verbs

A . Expressions of the type they/people+say/believe, etc., Are frequently used in the passive in formal speaking and writing. Other verbs which are used in this pattern are: assume, feel, find, presume, repute, understand, claim, report, think, know, etc. Sentences of this type have two possible passive forms: It is known that he is…/He is known to be…

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B. After suppose

1. In the passive can be followed by the present infinitive of any verb but this construction usually conveys an idea of duty and is not, therefore, the normal equivalent of suppose in the active:
You are supposed to know how to do it = { It is your duty to know how to do it.
You should know how to do it.

2. Suppose in the passive can similarly be followed by the perfect infinitive of any verb.

C. The continuous infinitive can be used after the passive of believe, know, report, say,
suppose, think, understand:
People think that he is living abroad. = He is thought to be living abroad.

Sources:
Thomson, A.J.& Martinet, A.V. – A Practical English Grammar, Oxford University Press Lamb, Mary & Charles – Tales from Shakespeare – Shakespeare-mesék, Noran könyvkiadó
Allsop, Jake – Cassell’s Students’ English Grammar, Cassell Publishers Limited
Newsweek (May 3,1999.)

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