is a less emphatic word than so it works less well here in the passive. ‘Taken’ ‘stolen’, necklace has been stolen!” (passive) “My The passive emphasises the action, rather than the anonymous person Kareena thinks has stolen the necklace. (active) Someone has stolen my necklace! → Prince Wolfgang gave it to me!” (active) “And The active emphasises the action and the person who gave the necklace. (passive) It was given to me by Prince Wolfgang. → has stolen my necklace,” (active) “He The active emphasises the action and the person rather than the end result. (passive) My necklace has been stolen by him. → have been called many things in this job, (passive) “I The railway employee uses the passive to emphasise the fact that he has been accused of many things before. We do not need to know the details of the people who have previously accused him. (active) People have called me many things in this job. → but I’ve never been called a thief!” The railway employee uses the passive to emphasise the fact that no one has called him a thief before. We do not need to know the details of the people who might previously have accused him. (active) No one has called me a thief before. → The active would be possible here, to emphasise the words one’, but the employee uses ‘no the passive because he used a passive earlier in the sentence.
‘Taken’ is a less emphatic word than ‘stolen’, so it works less well here in the passive. “My necklace has been stolen!” (passive) The passive emphasises the action, rather than the anonymous person Kareena thinks has stolen the necklace. → (active) Someone has stolen my necklace! “And Prince Wolfgang gave it to me!” (active) The active emphasises the action and the person who gave the necklace. → (passive) It was given to me by Prince Wolfgang. “He has stolen my necklace,” (active) The active emphasises the action and the person rather than the end result. → (passive) My necklace has been stolen by him. “I have been called many things in this job, (passive) The railway employee uses the passive to emphasise the fact that he has been accused of many things before. We do not need to know the details of the people who have previously accused him. → (active) People have called me many things in this job. but I’ve never been called a thief!” The railway employee uses the passive to emphasise the fact that no one has called him a thief before. We do not need to know the details of the people who might previously have accused him. → (active) No one has called me a thief before. The active would be possible here, to emphasise the words ‘no one’, but the employee uses the passive because he used a passive earlier in the sentence.
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