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§ 70. Passive constructions with prepositional monotransitive verbs
Active:
Passive:
The man referred to this book.
This book was referred to by the man.
In the passive construction the subject of the prepositional passive construction corresponds to the object of
the active construction and denotes the receiver of the action. The peculiarity of the construction is that the
preposition sticks to the verb.
Most verbs of this type denote the process of speaking, mental and physical perception.
The prepositional passive construction has no equivalent in Russian and is translated by an indefinite
personal active construction.
Caroline was also still being talked about.
Не had never been spoken to that way in his life.
He’s well spoken of as a man of science.
О Кэролайн тоже все еще продолжали говорить.
С ним так никогда в жизни не разговаривали.
О нем хорошо отзываются как об ученом.
When the prepositional passive construction contains a modal verb, an impersonal active construction is
used in Russian.
These pictures must be looked at again and again with
sustained attention before they completely reveal their
beauty.
На эти картины надо смотреть снова и снова с
неослабевающим вниманием, прежде чем
полностью раскроется их красота.
Here are some of the most important prepositional monotransitive verbs:
I
II
III
to account for
to agree upon
to appeal to
to call on
to comment on (upon)
to deal with
to decide on
to depend (up)on
to dispose of
to dwell upon
to hear of
to insist on
to interfere with
to laugh at
to listen to
to look at
to look for
to look into
to object to
to pay for
to provide for
to put up with
to read to
to refer to
to rely on
to send for
to speak about (of)
to speak to
to talk about (of)
to think about (of)
to touch upon
to catch sight of
to lose sight of
to find fault with
to make fun of
to make a fuss of
to make use of
to pay attention to
to put an end (a stop) to
to put up with
to set fire to
to take notice of
to take advantage of
to take care of
to arrive at
to come to
to live in
to sleep in
to sit in (on)