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kmsprag

Posted on: Passive Verbs and 被
March 22, 2010, 12:44 AM

Here's my 被 question.

The other day a friend told me its become popular(at least in Beijing) to drop the verb and just use passive voice and a noun to express an idea. For example:

他被车了,instead of 被车撞了。 Has anyone else heard of this?