Question

Change the following from active to passive: Why did the editor overlook the substantial stylistic anomalies?

• A. Why have the substantial stylistic anomalies been overlooked by the editor?
• B. Why are the substantial stylistic anomalies being overlooked by the editor?
• C. Why did the substantial stylistic anomalies be overlooked by the editor?
• D. Why were the substantial stylistic anomalies overlooked by the editor?

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Why were the substantial stylistic anomalies overlooked by the editor?

• Why were the substantial stylistic anomalies overlooked by the editor? • The original sentence is in the Simple Past ("did... overlook"). • To convert to passive voice, use was/were + past participle. Since "anomalies" is plural, we use "were... overlooked."