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Poll: The book reads well.

The book reads well.

This sentence is correct.
This sentence is incorrect.

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This Poll:

  • Votes: 710
  • Comments: 8
  • Added: April 2007

Comments:

kimmikoto

Books DON"T READ!!!

WSM

But they can read well.

dp

<i>This</i> sentence is correct.

ali20ast

please an english expert the answers,so that we know the answer

gren

Here the verb "read" is middle voice, which means it is grammatically active but semantically passive. So the sentence "The book reads well" means "One reads the book well".

sara

do you mean that the sentence is grammatically correct

william

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Stuee

It is grammatically correct.
For example, it's a bit like saying, "The car drives well." Obviously we don't mean that the car is a good driver, but that it is good to drive. Same.

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