ODLT
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The Online Dictionary of Language Terminology
agentless passive
Definition -
A
passive
construction in which the
agent noun
is not mentioned.
Example -
David
was punched out
last Tuesday.
(The agent would normally be shown with a by-phrase like
by some idiots
.)
a type of
:
passive
see:
agent noun
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