Se guardan los libros en la biblioteca. I think it's wrong.

Question

This sentence is also from our exercise of this website. But I think it's wrong.

Se guardan los libros en la biblioteca. Lo siento. Incorrect. There is no subject nor an agent, but people in general have books in the library, which is impersonal.

It says it's impersonal, again, i think impersonal is se + 3rd person singular. So, am I right?

Answer 1

I think Se guardan los libros en la biblioteca. it says it's impersonal,but i think it's passive.

I think the word 'impersonal' was used in its general sense, not in its grammatical meaning. - pecseli, Mar 30, 2012

Answer 2

oración pasiva refleja

It's correct.

Please use proper capitalization! - rac1, Mar 30, 2012

Answer 3

Melissa,

Creo que tu ejemplo se presta a interpretación. Los libros pueden guardarse en la biblioteca o en el laboratorio o en la mochila del estudiante. Si "Se guardan los libros en la biblioteca" se expresa como una orden tácita, entonces está bien. Pero concuerdo contigo que si se usa en forma impersonal (como por ejemplo, Se venden frutas) entonces el ejemplo está incorrecto.

Answer 4

It seems to me from several of your posts that you are having problems with the impersonal versus the passive. Maybe you should look this up in the reference section and become more familiar.

I think that you will find that there are not that many mistakes on at least the official part of this site. If you think something there is wrong, you probably need to get a better grasp of the subject before questioning whether the site is wrong or not. Maybe your first thought should be, "Am I wrong?" instead of "Are they wrong?"