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I wrote sentence "Not all men, but men who related to these woman"
But person corrected me "Not all men, but men who are related to these woman" ( it is the same sentence instead of " are" before verb "related")
What does it mean?
It is passive sentence?
How should I say in this sentence for e.x. "men related to women" or "men are related to women"? And if second sentence is right, I don't understand why?
I understand what passive sentence it is like this " The letter was written by chiild", but in this situation I don't understand.
Thank you!
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"to be related" is a verb-adjective combination coming from the word "related" while "to relate" is a verb". You could've wrote your sentence as "Not all men, but men (who are) related to this woman"
To be related to means to have some connection to or with someone.
You will almost never hear "to relate" used in active voice unless like "I relate" which would mean "I feel you, because I've gone through the same situation."
"Men related to Women (in the past)" gives the same exact feeling as "I relate", it means "Men were closer to Women in terms of feelings and situations in the past"
I hope this helped
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Hannah, Thank you so much!
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Hi Yasya. I would say "men who are related to these women (or this woman)." "Are" is the verb, which is why it is necessary. I think the confusing part is that it is a subordinate clause beginning with a relative pronoun. Subordinate clauses always need a verb, but they cannot stand on their own. Good work!
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