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Andrei Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

A solution can be found

0 In some places, shanties are built perilously close to the edge of the airport's main runway. 02br
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00"Slums have encroached on 200 acres of airport land," Mumbai airport director Sudhir Kumar told the BBC News website. 02br
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00An attempt to demolish the slums earlier this year was hurriedly shelved after a political outcry, because the government had done little to rehabilitate the inhabitants. 02br
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00It has meant that plans to expand Mumbai airport have been put on hold, until a solution to the problem can be found. 02br
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00The last sentence of the above could be changed as follows: 02br
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00It has meant that plans to expand Mumbai airport have been put on hold, until a soultion is found. 02br
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00What is the difference between the original sentence and the mine? 0230hrefhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4540631.stm
  

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0 I think yours sounds fine too, Andrei. 0-

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0 I think yours sounds fine too, Andrei. 0-
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0 Is the original sentence a passive constrution? 0-
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0 Yes, Andrei, this is passive. 02br
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0 Both "can be found" and "is found" are passive, if that's what you mean. CJ 0-
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