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Consider the following complex sentences involving marked structures, ditransitive verbs, and subordinate clauses for active-to-passive voice conversion:I. Active: The board of directors elected Dr. Alistair chairperson unanimously during the extraordinary general meeting.Passive: Dr. Alistair was elected chairperson unanimously by the board of directors during the extraordinary general meeting.II. Active: Someone has already given the international delegation comprehensive briefings regarding the security protocols.Passive: Comprehensive briefings regarding the security protocols have already been given to the international delegation.III. Active: The headmaster bade the graduating cohort a fond farewell as they walked across the stage.Passive: A fond farewell was bidden to the graduating cohort by the headmaster as they walked across the stage.IV. Active: It is imperative that the committee submit the exhaustive audit report before midnight.Passive: It is imperative that the exhaustive audit report be submitted by the committee before midnight.Identify the option that correctly evaluates the grammatical accuracy of the passive voice transformations across propositions I, II, III, and IV according to standard English syntax.
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Detailed Explanation
All four propositions demonstrate correct active-to-passive voice conversions adhering to advanced English syntactic rules. Proposition I correctly retains the object complement ('chairperson') after the verb in its passive form. Proposition II properly promotes one of the two objects of a ditransitive verb ('comprehensive briefings') to subject status. Proposition III correctly converts the archaic/formal ditransitive verb 'bade' into its passive equivalent 'was bidden'. Proposition IV correctly applies the mandative subjunctive passive structure ('that ... be submitted'). For further details on voice mechanics, refer to the Wikipedia Reference on English passive voice.
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