After (award) a medal for bravery, he became a local hero. Help me with this one please, I don't understand it.
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After being awarded.....– user 66974Commented Mar 12, 2021 at 9:00
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What don't you understand? Do you know what the passive voice is?– Kate BuntingCommented Mar 12, 2021 at 10:40
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I know what it is, but I don't know how to make up a passive voice sentence with the word "award". After being awarded a medal for bravery, he became a local hero. Help me with this one please, I don't understand it. Or what?– xcv456Commented Mar 12, 2021 at 11:36
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2I assume you know that [to] award here is a VERB, meaning to give [a medal, a prize,...]. But the subject here ("he") doesn't give anything - something is given to him (by an unspecified "giver"). Your example could be rephrased as After he was awarded a medal for bravery..., which is also "passive" ("he" is the object of the verb, but the subject - the one who does the awarding - isn't explicitly specified). Does that help?– FumbleFingersCommented Mar 12, 2021 at 13:23
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There are two ways of completing the sentence. The correct sentence structure using the passive voice would be:
1. "After having been awarded a medal for bravery, he became a local hero".
This sentence uses the passive voice construction "having been awarded" to emphasize the action of receiving the medal, rather than who awarded it. Alternatively, you could also use:
2. After being awarded a medal for bravery, he became a local hero."
Both sentences are grammatically correct and convey the same meaning, but the first one is a bit more formal and emphasizes the process of receiving the award.
