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Because "depend" is an intransitive verb. Something depends on/upon something; we don't depend something on something nor is something depended ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Isdependedonvs.dependson Threadstarter NewAmerica Startdate Sep29,2017 NewAmerica Banned Mandarin IreadasentencesomewherebyaChinesestudent: Yourfuturedependsonyoureffortstoday. Iwonderwhetheritshouldbe: Yourfutureisdependedonyoureffortstoday. Thanksinadvance   VicNicSor Banned Russia Russian Definitelynot.   NewAmerica Banned Mandarin VicNicSorsaid: Definitelynot. Clicktoexpand... Whynot?Thereasonismoreimportant.   KeithBradford SeniorMember Brittany,NWFrance English(MidlandsUK) Compare: Mycatsitsonmyknee. Mycatissitonmyknee. Youneedtochangetheverbinthesecondsentenceintoanadjective,likeMycatisseated/sittingonmyknee.Inyourexample,theadjectivemightbe:Yourfutureisdependentonyoureffortstoday.   grassy SeniorMember Warsaw Polish It'sjustincorrect.ThefirstversionworksfinebutyoucanalsosayXisdependentonY. cross-posted   Englishmypassion SeniorMember Nainital India-Hindi NewAmericasaid: Whynot?Thereasonismoreimportant. Clicktoexpand... Because"depend"isanintransitiveverb.Somethingdependson/uponsomething;wedon'tdependsomethingonsomethingnorissomethingdependedbysomebody. However,"dependent",whichisanadjective,isusedwithformsof"be"(am,is,are,was,were,etc.). AisdependentonB.   G Glenfarclas SeniorMember Chicago English(American) Didyoutrylookingupthedefinitionof"depend"?   NewAmerica Banned Mandarin KeithBradfordsaid: Compare: Mycatsitsonmyknee. Mycatissitonmyknee. Clicktoexpand... Yes,Icompletelyagree,bothwithmysenseandwithmyintuition. ButIfoundanexampleinQuora. Whetherthelifeisdependedonhardworkorbyluck? Accordingtotheopinionfromyouguys,theaskershouldhavewritten: Whetherthelifedependsonhardworkorbyluck? Or Whetherthelifeisdependentonhardworkorbyluck? Glenfarclassaid: Didyoutrylookingupthedefinitionof"depend"? Clicktoexpand... Yeah,thedefinitionshowsthatyouguysaremostlikelyright. ButIwonderwhy"isdependedon"isungrammatical.   Florentia52 Modwomanintheattic Wisconsin English-UnitedStates Thepageyou'velinkedtocontainsmanygrammaticalerrors,including"isdependedon." Englishismypassionexplainedwhy"isdependedon"iswrong,in#6. Icountonherforhelp. Iamcountedonherforhelp. [Cross-posted]   NewAmerica Banned Mandarin Florentia52said: Thepageyou'velinkedtocontainsmanygrammaticalerrors,including"isdependedon." Englishismypassionexplainedwhy"isdependedon"iswrong,in#6. Icountonherforhelp. Iamcountedonherforhelp. [Cross-posted] Clicktoexpand... I'venowreadEnglishismypassion'sreplytwice. Accordingtohisanalysis,"depend"isusedasatransitiveverbin"Yourfutureisdependedonyoureffortstoday",whichiswhyitisawrongsentence.(==>>thesentenceisequalto"Itisdependedyourfutureonyoureffortstoday.") PleaseconfirmmeifI'vegotthiscorrectly.   cenker Member turkish Iwanttoaska.question:whichoneistrue Finlanddepends/hasdependedonimportsofrawmaterials,energyandsomecomponentsformanufacturedgoods.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top