These are examples of passive reporting verbs:, believe, claim, consider, know, report, say, think., We use the passive verbs when, When want to express general ideas and beliefs, One of the forms to use passive reporting verbs is: it +, be + past participle + (that), One of the ways to report in passive is: subject +, be + past participle + to infinitive., When we use "it", we want to report a general idea a group of people have., When we use a "subject", We want to say a general idea people have about the "subject", This is an example of a reporting passive with "it", It is felt that fears are helpful to us., This is an example of a reporting verb with a "subject", Justin Bieber is claimed to have an expensive penthouse.

Passive reporting verbs

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