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If you say that the noodle soup was dropped on the floor, you will be using the passive voice: someone dropped it (active) --> it was ... Skiptomaincontent dropped/wasdropped|TheGrammarExchange SignIn Join PostTopics Subgroups Home Guidelines Topics Subgroups HomeAllTopics Guidelines Join SignIn Home Questions&Answers AllTopics dropped/wasdropped B bear_bearMember DoIsay,1Shefell(down)andthenoodlesoupwasdropped/droppedonthefloor. 6/16/166:52AM ShareonFacebook ShareonTwitter ShareonPinterest ShareonLinkedIn ShareonReddit CopyLinktoTopic ReportTopic PrinterFriendlyFormat ❤️ 0 OriginalPost David,ModeratorModerator Goodmorning,bear_bear,Bothsentencesarecorrect.(Iprefer"felldown"tojust"fell.")Ifyousaythatthenoodlesoupwasdroppedonthefloor,youwillbeusingthepassivevoice:someonedroppedit(active)-->itwasdroppedbysomeone(passive).Ifyousaythatitdroppedonthefloor,youwillbeusing"drop"asanintransitiveverb.Interestinly,because"drop"iswhatiscalledanergative(orunaccusative)verb,thatsentencewillhavethesamemeaningasthepassiveone.Now,bothsentencesmakeitsoundasthoughshewasnottheonewhodroppedthenoodlesoup.Bycomparison,ifIsaid,"IsatdownandtheTVwasturnedon,"mostpeoplewouldnotassumethatImeant"IsatdownandtheTVwasturnedonbyme,"becauseinthatcaseIshouldhavesaid,"IsatdownandturnedontheTV"(activevoice).Thus,ifitwasshewhodroppedthesoup,youshouldsay:Shefelldownanddroppedthenoodlesouponthefloor.Shefelldownontheflooranddroppedthenoodlesoup. 6/16/168:44AM CopyLinktoReply ReportReply PrinterFriendlyFormat ❤️ 0 BackToTop AddReply SignInToReply Post "have"asstative/dynamicverb 4hoursago M Deletingtheverbphraseafter"themore/less+adjective"indoublecomparatives. 4hoursago M Participles 8hoursago RA ’lieshedid’ 9hoursago D WhatshouldIdoabouttenses? 9hoursago AV Singularvs.pluralonthebold?Ordoesitnotmatter? 10hoursago AV Whatdoesboldattachedtoormodify? 10hoursago AV Doyousay"paramountthat"or"paramountfor"? 14hoursago AV Factual&True 16hoursago OA Boldeduseof"while"OK? 19hoursago AV thefunctionof‘that’ 21hoursago D "moreandmore"positioninthesentence 22hoursago M shouldhave+pastparticiple 1dayago R astheyarejoiningforces 1dayago A afusedrelativeclausecouldbeextraposedornot? 1dayago D AllTopics AllTags August2022(121) July2022(104) June2022(135) May2022(135) April2022(136) March2022(160) February2022(139) January2022(158) December2021(108) November2021(101) October2021(116) September2021(131) August2021(116) July2021(141) June2021(166) May2021(153) April2021(136) March2021(143) February2021(134) January2021(134) December2020(173) November2020(162) October2020(183) September2020(170) CurrentVisitors:147(2members,145guests) R M Home Questions&Answers AllTopics dropped/wasdropped MembershipRequired We'resorry.Youmustbesignedintocontinue. SignIn orRegister × RemoveFromYourBlockList AreyousureyouwanttoremovefromyourBlockList? CancelYes,Remove!× ManageFollowPreferences Loading... CancelSubmit× Block Whenyoublockaperson,theycannolongerinviteyoutoaprivatemessageorposttoyourprofilewall.Repliesandcommentstheymakewillbecollapsed/hiddenbydefault.Finally,you'llneverreceiveemailnotificationsaboutcontenttheycreateorlikestheydesignateforyourcontent. Note:ifyouproceed,youwillnolongerbefollowing. CancelBlockMember× Home AllTopics Linkcopiedtoyourclipboard. × Youmustsignintoreacttothis{%=typeName%}. Loading... Pleasewait... OK (function(){ function{%=id%}Okay_click(event,data){ {%=id%}Popup.hide(); } $('#{%=id%}Okay').on('click',{%=id%}Okay_click); })(); × (function(){ {%=id%}Popup=newSS.Popup.ModalPopup('{%=id%}'); })();