Questions & Answers about Рукопись редактируется редактором.
Why is редактором in the instrumental case here?
In Russian passive sentences, the person or thing performing the action (the agent) is put into the instrumental case without a preposition. Since the sentence means the editing is done by the editor, редактор becomes редактором.
Why does the verb редактируется end in -ся if the manuscript isn't editing itself?
Adding the reflexive ending -ся is the standard way to form the passive voice for imperfective verbs. It changes the active meaning (edits) to a passive one (is being edited).
Is рукопись the subject of this sentence?
Yes! In a passive sentence, the object receiving the action becomes the grammatical subject and takes the nominative case. Рукопись is a feminine noun ending in a soft sign, so its nominative form is just рукопись.
Is it normal to repeat the same root back-to-back like in редактируется редактором?
Yes, this happens often in Russian! Because Russian builds families of words from a single root, you will frequently see a verb and a noun with the same base right next to each other. Here, both words share the root for editing.
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