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In advanced English syntax and diathesis, voice conversion requires precise transformations regarding subject-verb inversion, object promotion, agent demotion, and morphological adjustments, especially when dealing with complex clause structures, causative verbs, and prepositional verbs. Consider the following four advanced propositions regarding active and passive voice conversion:I. When an active sentence contains a complex transitive structure with an object complement (e.g., 'The committee elected him chairperson'), the object complement becomes the subject of the passive clause, resulting in 'Chairperson was elected him' in standard formal English.II. In active sentences governed by causative verbs such as 'make', 'help', 'let', or 'have' followed by a bare infinitive, the passive transformation of 'make' requires the bare infinitive to be replaced by a to-infinitive (e.g., 'She made him cry' converts to 'He was made to cry by her').III. When converting a sentence featuring a phrasal-prepositional verb into the passive voice, the preposition must be strictly separated from the verb and omitted to prevent syntactic redundancy, turning 'They laughed at the proposal' into 'The proposal was laughed'.IV. Imperative sentences expressing a command or request with a direct object (e.g., 'Close the door') are typically passivized using the modal auxiliary 'should' or the mandative subjunctive structure (e.g., 'Let the door be closed' or 'The door should be closed').Identify the option that correctly evaluates the grammatical, syntactic, and semantic validity of propositions I, II, III, and IV according to standard English grammar and English passive voice theory.
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To determine the correct evaluation, let us analyze each proposition individually: Proposition I is invalid because in complex transitive structures with an object complement (like 'The committee elected him chairperson'), the direct object ('him') is promoted to the subject position ('He'), and the object complement remains as a subject complement ('He was elected chairperson by the committee'), not vice versa. Proposition II is valid; causative verbs like 'make' take a bare infinitive in the active voice, but when passivized, the 'to' is reinstated (e.g., 'He was made to cry'). Proposition III is invalid because phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs must retain their particle or preposition intact during passive conversion (e.g., 'The proposal was laughed at'), as dropping the preposition alters or destroys the idiom's meaning. Proposition IV is valid, as imperatives are standardly converted using 'Let + object + be + past participle' or 'Subject + should be + past participle'. For a comprehensive overview of diathesis and voice shifts, refer to the English passive voice Wikipedia guide.
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