Red panda 57 Posted 5 years ago
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"We would each be assigned" is this passive voice?

  

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Hi Yes it is. The aspect of the verb is slightly unusual - it is the habitual past, expressed here with the word 'would'. The form of words used to describe something that happened quite regularly in the past: - The job orders would usually arrive around 11:00 on Monday mornings and we would each be assigned our share of the work.

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Hi

Yes it is. The aspect of the verb is slightly unusual - it is the habitual past, expressed here with the word 'would'. The form of words used to describe something that happened quite regularly in the past:

- The job orders would usually arrive around 11:00 on Monday mornings and we would each be assigned our share of the work.

(Active voice: On Mondays, the supervisor wo