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Old 2009 October 16th, 12:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Active Voice or Passive Voice

Need Help in understanding Active voice and Passive voice

Problem:

1. A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world’s five billion people can be traced back to a common root language.
(A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world’s five billion people can be traced
(B) that the world’s five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced
(C) the world’s five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable
(D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world’s five billion people to be traceableA
(E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the world’s five billion people

My answer :B
Correct Answer: A

I eliminated A as i felt its in passive voice.
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Old 2009 November 1st, 04:52 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Ofcourse A is passive. But the sentence construction (of languages of which all can)in B is is awkward.

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