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Why is this wrong - "The weight was lifted to free my leg"

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Why is this wrong - "The weight was lifted to free my leg" [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2020, 16:37
Why is this wrong - "The weight was lifted to free my leg"

According to Manhattan Prep, "Whoever lifted the weight should be in this sentence." Why?
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Re: Why is this wrong - "The weight was lifted to free my leg" [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2020, 00:29
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"The weight was lifted to free my leg"
to free my leg --- prepositional phrase
The weight was lifted has a verb(lifted) and object(weight) and thus requires a subject or vice versa if sentence needs to be in passive voice
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Re: Why is this wrong - "The weight was lifted to free my leg" [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2020, 14:34
dep Since it's passive voice, isn't "weight" the subject of the sentence? "The weight was lifted" itself seems like it would be a valid sentence.
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Re: Why is this wrong - "The weight was lifted to free my leg" [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2020, 14:53
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I agree with what has been written above about why the sentence is sub-optimal. On a somewhat related note, to is serving in the role of the subordinating conjunction in order to in the sentence at hand, making the part that follows the word adverbial. Oddly enough, to itself is not classified as an adverb in this usage. For further reference, please see this post from the Cambridge Dictionary or this thread from English Stack Exchange.

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Re: Why is this wrong - "The weight was lifted to free my leg" [#permalink] New post   04 Oct 2020, 22:22
chuabaka wrote:
dep Since it's passive voice, isn't "weight" the subject of the sentence? "The weight was lifted" itself seems like it would be a valid sentence.


"The weight was lifted" is a valid sentence

"The weight" is the subject, "was" is the verb, and 'lifted' has a modifier/adjectival role (the weight is not doing the action of lifting)

I don't understand what's wrong with "The weight was lifted to free my leg"
But if ManhattanPrep says it's wrong, then I don't dare to disagree :)

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