Can I move a subject?
There is a sentence: "Thе actors wеrе mеt wіth applausе." Can I speak "It met the actors with applause" (or smth like that. I just want a word "the actors" not to be a subject) or it will be incorrect?
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Hello. Yes, you can move the subject. The sentence "The actors were met with applause" is in the passive voice. In the active voice, it would be "The audience met the actors with applause."
What I've done here is change the subject "actors" into the object, added the "audience" as the subject, which wasn't stated in the passive voice, removed the verb "to be", and changed the main verb "met" from the past participle to the past, which in this case is the same "met".
I hope that helps. Here is a related article: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/05/
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Well, at the moment you have the sentence in passive voice, which means the subject is the receiver of the action. Ideally you could and should be able to turn it around, but I suggest a change of verb to do that. In that case, I might say, "Applause greeted the actors."
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Thanks for comments. I realized that I have to invent a subject anyway. Just "It" will be incorrect.
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Thanks for comments. I realized that I have to invent a subject anyway. Just "It" will be incorrect.
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