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Transform the following complex active sentence into its correct passive equivalent, paying meticulous attention to tense preservation, modal auxiliary handling, and indirect object promotion:"The eminent lexicographer suggested that the academy should have commissioned a comprehensive digital corpus before publishing the revised etymological dictionary."
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To convert a complex sentence with a subordinate clause from active to passive voice, each clause must be handled independently while retaining its original tense and mood. In the subordinate clause, "the academy should have commissioned a comprehensive digital corpus," the direct object is "a comprehensive digital corpus." When promoted to the subject position in the passive structure, the modal perfect construction "should have commissioned" transforms into the passive modal perfect structure "should have been commissioned." Furthermore, the adverbial time clause "before publishing the revised etymological dictionary" can either retain its active gerundial phrasing with an implied subject or convert appropriately, but clause-level voice shift applies strictly to the main active predication of the subordinate clause. For a deeper understanding of voice transformations in English grammar, consult the Wikipedia Reference on English passive constructions.
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