热狗刚被男孩吃掉
I was rading an article on Chinese grammar and specifically about Passive voice. One of the examples to show the difference between active and passive voice was this (title of the question). It previously explained that you cannot use the particle 了 with the words 没有 in the same sentence, so you must replace 了 for 掉. (Please let me know if this is not correct or if maybe I misunderstood what I read)

So my question is this. The article had this sentence 热狗刚被男孩吃掉, but why not 热狗刚被男孩吃了?? Is it the same? Is it incorrect? Why??

Please help!! Thank you!! :D

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热狗 刚 被 男孩 吃 掉
I was rading an article on Chinese grammar and specifically about Passive voice. One of the examples to show the difference between active and passive voice was this (title of the question). It previously explained that you cannot use the particle 了 with the words 没有 in the same sentence, so you must replace 了 for 掉. (Please let me know if this is not correct or if maybe I misunderstood what I read)

So my question is this. The article had this sentence>> 热狗 刚 被 男孩 吃 掉, but why not 热狗 刚 被 男孩 吃了?? Is it the same? Is it incorrect? Why??

Please help!! Thank you!! :D

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that  is  correct.

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They both are fine. Not only热狗刚被男孩吃掉,热狗 刚 被 男孩 吃了 can also means a boy ate (a) hot dog(s) just now.

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Hi Ana:
Its similar but still different.
热狗 刚 被 男孩 吃 掉 : He had all the hotdog and there is nothing left
热狗 刚 被 男孩 吃了 :1 the same as the former, 2, he didn't eat up all the hotdog, maybe he just had one bite and there are still some left.

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As a native Chinese speaker, I think both 热狗 刚 被 男孩 吃 掉 and 热狗 刚 被 男孩 吃了 are correct.

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