Re:Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it ex...
by kragen on Monday July 07, 2025 @07:42PM
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What would it mean to use the passive voice on a finite verb?
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Re:Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it ex...
by thaumasiotes on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @12:49AM
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It would mean that somewhere in your sentence there's a clause headed by a passive verb. A finite verb is one that heads a clause.
This terminology is where we get the name of the "infinitive" form from, by the way.
As a rule of thumb, the nonfinite forms of a verb are its infinitives and participles. jcranmer used a passive participle, but all of his clauses are active. Unnoticed doesn't have a clause around it.
(He might have thought that go unnoticed is a passive form, perhaps of the verb notice (?), in which case that would just be an error.)