Become with Passive Voice

Baker, John JMB at STRADLEY.COM
Tue Apr 28 14:49:42 UTC 2009


        The passive voice usually requires the use of to be, or
sometimes to get, as an auxiliary verb.  Can to become, or other
auxiliary verbs, also be used?  Authoritative sources seem to differ, or
perhaps I simply fail to understand them correctly.


John Baker

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