Choose the correct passive construction for the following sentence from the given options :
People say that the minister will resign soon.
Choose the correct passive construction for the following sentence from the given options :
People say that the minister will resign soon.
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 2
When the reporting verb "say" has an indefinite subject like "people", the passive uses the impersonal construction: "It is said that the minister will resign soon." The version "is said to resign" loses the future sense, and "is supposed to" changes the verb. Hence the impersonal "It is said that..." form is correct.
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