Passive 2

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Dearest English teachers,
Please help me pass my English exam by advising if my sentences below are acceptable. Many thanks in advance.
1) There are said to have worms in the apples.
2) There are said that the apples have worms.
3) The apples are said to have worms.

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@Loh Jane,

Only the third one is acceptable.

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@InfraBlue,

Hi,
how about the following sentence?
There are said to be worms in the apples.

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@Loh Jane,

1) They are said to have worms in their apples.

2) It's said (that) their apples have worms.

3) Their apples are said to have worms.

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@Loh Jane,

It's fine.

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@Loh Jane,

Loh Jane wrote:

There are said to be worms in the apples.

Yes.

Also:

It is said that there are worms in the apples.
Worms, it is said, are in the apples.
The apples are said to have worms.
The apples, it is said, have worms.
The apples are said to have worms.

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Hi all,
Thank you and good morning.dal 's passive and Contrex's passive are impressive.I will practice them hard.

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I see I repeated this

The apples are said to have worms.

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@Loh Jane,

Quote:

1) There are said to have worms in the apples.
2) There are said that the apples have worms.

'there' is an empty subject which introduces a later subject, the real subject. In these two sentences, which sound so odd, there exists no delayed subject.

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