Note 4 — Section 4. OF[1] WHAT USE IS IT?
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When the agent from which the action proceeds is not mentioned, the English Passive Voice is often rendered by a reflective verb, or by the indefinite pronoun man and a verb in the Active Voice; as—
Return to Section 4. OF[1] WHAT USE IS IT?Return to Section 4. OF[1] WHAT USE IS IT?Return to Section 4. OF[1] WHAT USE IS IT?Return to Section 26. DESCRIPTION OF A GLACIER.Return to Section 59. WHEAT.Return to Section 98. THE LOST CHILD FOUND[1]. I.Return to Section 99. THE LOST CHILD FOUND. II.Return to Section 100. PERSPIRATION.Return to Section 102. THE DRAMA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1848. II.Return to Section 107. THE DRAMA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1848. VII.Return to Section 131. GOETHE’S DAILY LIFE AT WEIMAR. III.Return to Section 139. A GREAT LOSS.Return to Section 156. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE[1]. I.Return to Section 170. TAHITI. II.Return to Section 174. THE BATTLE OF KASSASSIN. II.Return to Section 178. HOW THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON WAS DECEIVED.Return to Section 194. THE HANSE[1]. I.Return to Section 202. THE TWO SCHOOLBOYS, OR EYES AND NO EYES. II.Return to INDEX TO THE GRAMMATICAL RULES AND IDIOMATIC RENDERINGS.Return to INDEX TO THE GRAMMATICAL RULES AND IDIOMATIC RENDERINGS.