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In advanced English syntax, transforming sentences between active and passive voice requires meticulous attention to tense preservation, modal auxiliary behavior, transitive valency, and indirect object promotion. Consider the following complex active voice sentence:"The renowned board of trustees strongly advised the newly appointed vice-chancellor to immediately submit the comprehensive financial audit report to the state regulatory commission."Identify the option that presents the grammatically flawless and contextually accurate passive voice transformation of the given sentence.
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Detailed Explanation
To correctly convert a complex active sentence containing a catenative structure (verb + object + object complement/infinitive phrase) into the passive voice, the direct object of the primary matrix verb ('the newly appointed vice-chancellor') must be promoted to the subject position of the passive clause. The matrix verb 'advised' is converted into its passive form ('was strongly advised'), followed by the retained infinitival complement ('to immediately submit the comprehensive financial audit report to the state regulatory commission'). Converting the object of the embedded infinitive ('the comprehensive financial audit report') as the subject—as seen in option (b)—results in a severe semantic and syntactic distortion, as audit reports cannot be advised. For a comprehensive overview of grammatical voice, consult the Wikipedia Reference on grammatical voice and passive constructions.
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