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Change the voice in the following sentence. Hardy taught Ramanujan.

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Change the voice in the following sentence.

Hardy taught Ramanujan. 

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Ramanujan was taught by Hardy.

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Chapter 4.4: Ramanujan - English workshop [Page 96]

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