Why can't the following sentence be charged into passive voice? 'I like to play cricket.'

Question added by Dr Yasmeen Majeed , Trainer and HOD
Date Posted: 2015/02/22

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Playing cricket is liked by me

by Mohamed Magdy Ahmed El Demerdash , Internal Auditor, Quality Assurance Department , Giza Cable Industries

Very difficult, waiting for the answers of other members.

by PASSIVE you mean in terms of negativity?or PASSIVE the Verb?

by Abdulelah Fallatah , Tech-Support Specialist & Programmer , Al-Rayan Colleges

I am guessing the reason behind that is "like" in

the sentence (context) is an auxiliary verb

(NOT a main verb).

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