'belongs to' vs 'is belonged to'

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Is there any difference between “belongs to” and “is belonged to”?

Thank you.

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Hi Charlotte,

You can’t use ‘belong to’ in the passive. You can either say: This book belongs to me or if you want to use a passive form: This book is owned by me.

Alan

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“belongs to” and “is belonged to”?

Charlotte.

This book belongs to me.

This book belonged to my friend. ( before it became mine. )

Sorry Alan, I think we both read the question differently.

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Hi Bill,

This still isn’t passive:

Alan

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In a nutshell, “is belonged to” is grammatically incorrect.

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In my point of view,“belongs to” is grammatically correct

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Hi Alan, :slight_smile: I didn’t say it was, and I don’t think that was the question.

I was assuming the question was meant to be written without the " s ", and we were being asked what was the difference between the two words.

Perhaps Charlotte would care to clear up this misunderstanding.

Charlotte, what was your question ?.

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Hi,

This is getting a bit out of hand!! - ‘belongs to’ is correct and ‘is belonged to’ is incorrect. That folks, is the difference. And that answers Charlotte’s question.

Alan

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Agreed Alan.

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Hi guys,

Thank you so much for the comments. All the comments are very helpful.