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Old 03-07-2008, 06:40 AM   #1 (permalink)
carowyn_is_cool
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Default Help with this one...

So, I would love to know how you would go about 'translating' these:

1. I was born in 1985.

2. It was built in 1985.

Now, I read a post by Karen where she wrote "When did your house get built?" and I also read posts by her talking about, I don't know, being professional in her language or whatever. Using the verb "get" in passives is very colloquial, and I do not think you would want to write that in some paper or memo or whatever it is you guys do. So, again, I ask, how do you write these two passives in e-prime?

Thank you in advance.
Carowyn
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