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Consider the following complex sentences involving marked structures, subjunctive verbs, phrasal verbs, and reflexive constructions for active-to-passive voice conversion:I. Active: The board of trustees recommended that the university president resign immediately following the financial scandal.Passive: It was recommended by the board of trustees that the university president be resigned immediately following the financial scandal.II. Active: The seasoned diplomat accustomed herself to the rigorous protocols of the international summit.Passive: The rigorous protocols of the international summit were accustomed to by the seasoned diplomat.III. Active: Nobody could have foreseen that the sudden technological disruption would dismantle the legacy media landscape.Passive: It could not have been foreseen that the legacy media landscape would be dismantled by the sudden technological disruption.IV. Active: The municipal authorities let the commercial developers construct the high-rise complex without environmental clearance.Passive: The commercial developers were let be constructed the high-rise complex by the municipal authorities without environmental clearance.Identify the option that correctly evaluates the grammatical accuracy and syntactic viability of the passive voice transformations across propositions I, II, III, and IV according to standard English grammar.
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I. Incorrect: In active sentences featuring a mandative subjunctive clause ('recommended that the president resign'), the embedded clause uses a bare infinitive/subjunctive. Converting the matrix clause to passive yields 'It was recommended by the board that the president be resigned' or keeping the embedded verb active since intransitive/reflexive patterns in subordinate clauses do not permit standard direct object promotion in this manner (the president resigns, cannot be 'resigned' transitively here).
II. Incorrect: The verb 'accustom' in the active voice is reflexive ('accustomed herself to'). In English grammar, reflexive verbs generally cannot be converted into the passive voice because the subject and object refer to the same entity, making object promotion impossible.
III. Correct: This complex sentence employs an impersonal 'It' as an anticipatory subject for the noun clause. Converting the main clause from active ('could have foreseen') to passive ('could have been foreseen') while keeping the dependent clause in its correct passive form ('would be dismantled') is syntactically flawless.
IV. Incorrect: Causative verbs like 'let' do not take the standard 'to be + past participle' passive structure in this construction; furthermore, the object promotion creates a semantic absurdity ('developers were let be constructed').
For a comprehensive understanding of voice shifts, refer to the Wikipedia Reference on English passive structures.
I. Incorrect: In active sentences featuring a mandative subjunctive clause ('recommended that the president resign'), the embedded clause uses a bare infinitive/subjunctive. Converting the matrix clause to passive yields 'It was recommended by the board that the president be resigned' or keeping the embedded verb active since intransitive/reflexive patterns in subordinate clauses do not permit standard direct object promotion in this manner (the president resigns, cannot be 'resigned' transitively here).
II. Incorrect: The verb 'accustom' in the active voice is reflexive ('accustomed herself to'). In English grammar, reflexive verbs generally cannot be converted into the passive voice because the subject and object refer to the same entity, making object promotion impossible.
III. Correct: This complex sentence employs an impersonal 'It' as an anticipatory subject for the noun clause. Converting the main clause from active ('could have foreseen') to passive ('could have been foreseen') while keeping the dependent clause in its correct passive form ('would be dismantled') is syntactically flawless.
IV. Incorrect: Causative verbs like 'let' do not take the standard 'to be + past participle' passive structure in this construction; furthermore, the object promotion creates a semantic absurdity ('developers were let be constructed').
For a comprehensive understanding of voice shifts, refer to the Wikipedia Reference on English passive structures.
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