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In advanced English syntax and voice transformation, converting complex sentences with multiple clauses, modal verbs, and imperative or subjunctive nuances demands strict adherence to structural valency and thematic focus. Consider the following active voice sentence:"The committee recommended that the board of directors should immediately implement the emergency austerity measures before the fiscal deficit widened further."Identify the option that correctly converts this sentence into the passive voice while maintaining standard English syntax and semantic equivalence.
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To transform a complex sentence containing a subordinate *that*-clause with a modal construction (*should implement*) into the passive voice, syntactic operations must occur at multiple levels. First, the main clause (*'The committee recommended that...'*) is converted into an impersonal passive structure (*'It was recommended by the committee that...'*) because the direct object of the main verb is an entire clausal proposition rather than a simple noun phrase. Second, within the subordinate clause, the patient object (*'the emergency austerity measures'*) becomes the subject, followed by the modal and passive infinitive structure (*'should immediately be implemented'*), while the agent (*'the board of directors'*) is introduced by the preposition 'by'. The temporal adjunct clause (*'before the fiscal deficit widened further'*) remains in the active voice because intransitive verbs denoting natural processes or states cannot be passivized. For a comprehensive overview of voice paradigms in syntax, refer to the Wikipedia Reference on grammatical voice.
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