[Corpora-List] Search Wordsmith by tag passive voice

From: Linda Bawcom (linda.bawcom@sbcglobal.net)
Date: Wed Feb 28 2007 - 19:27:30 MET

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    Dear List Members,
       
       I've been trying to search for passive voice in Wordsmith using the BNC. I have tried:
       
      <w VBD>* <w VVN> I put * after the first tag to mean any form of BE
       
      Could my spacing be wrong or perhaps (more than likely) the tag? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
      Kindest regards,
      Linda Bawcom

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