In the passive voice.

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Another input requested on passive voice problem.

This is a sentence probably presented by the Immigration Department :

You have been received entry.

Question: how is this sentence constructed? Or is it simply not correct?

Explanation of the question:
A. Jimmy Page gave me a guitar.

B. A guitar was given to me by JP.
C. I was given a guitar by JP

... the sentence A can be rewritten into B or C in passive voice. That is possible because verbs such as "give" and "send" take two objects; "me" and "a guitar" in the sentence A. However the verb "receive" takes only one object as I think.

Then, in order for the sentence, "You have been received entry." to be valid, you have to be able to say:

The Immigration Department received me entry. ... To me, this is saying like, "I will drive me a car." or "I'll drink me a beer."

I ask for your clarifications on this, hopefully by running A, B and C sentences above.

Thanks in advance.

J

p.s. I don't think it matters but the original sentence in question is, "you could be the last applicant to have been received entry."

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

jazzmasterYou have been received entry.

Not correct. We'd expect You have been granted entry or You have been denied entry.

CJ

CalifJim · Answer

jazzmasteryou could be the last applicant to have been received entry

Also wrong.

All your comments about forming the passive are OK, however.

CJ

Jazzmaster · Answer

CJ, thanks for coming through for me.

I had a strange sense of incongruity against "have been received entry" myself.
You proved my intuition was correct indeed.

Thanks, again.

J

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