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I'm so confused about this, this man is talking about the passive form and he saying:
He was pronounced dead, and then he is explaining about the passive and saying
it is obvious that doctors at the hospital pronounced him dead we don't need to say who
pronounced him dead because it's obvious it was doctors .....I think we should say they were doctors

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Help from native speakers
I'm so confused about this, this man is talking about the passive form and he saying: 
He was pronounced dead, and then he is explaining about the passive and saying
it is obvious that doctors at the hospital pronounced him dead we don't need to say who 
pronounced him dead because it's obvious it was doctors .....I think we should say they were doctors

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Well, only medical practitioners can officially pronounce someone dead, so I agree with the speaker - there is no need to say they were doctors.

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In a hospital, you can say "He was pronounced dead", or "He was pronounced dead by the doctor". Both are correct English. In a US hospital, I know that only a doctor is permitted to make that determination, by law. So here, it would be obvious that 'he' was a doctor in the first sentence.  In another country or culture, it may not be obvious he is a doctor.
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