Could I use a person as the object of clarify?
-Kindly be 😎clarified 😎that this university is closed.
Posted by Nightedge · August 26, 2015 · 2 replies
Could I use a person as the object of clarify?
-Kindly be 😎clarified 😎that this university is closed.
This doesn't make sense at all. It's not grammatical and means nothing. To clarify is a transitive verb and means to make something clear. Eg :
The students obviously don't understand the use of the present perfect so I'll try and clarify it in the next lesson.
Here are some examples from the passive - notice that the object of the active verb (the "something") becomes the subject of the passive verb :
It's not possible therefore to use it as a passive imperative which would need a personal subject. It means nothing.
I think what the writer means could be something like : Please note that this university is closed...
but as always, without the context it's impossible to interpret it accurately.
Excellent answer. Thank you.