Sorry, may be wrong here, but I thought passive (voice) verbs occurred when the subject of the sentence was not the one committing the action. To say that, "She died." is to say that she was the one undertaking the dying action, which is an action, just not a something that people usually choose to do. I don't think there is a way to make "die" passive. You could say, "She was killed by the massive amount of water she drank," which would be passive, since she isn't doing the killing.
But, grammar aside.
... Did she win? Get close to winning? I think just the sheer tenacity of it all deserves something (in addition to a settlement).
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Sorry, may be wrong here, but I thought passive (voice) verbs occurred when the subject of the sentence was not the one committing the action. To say that, "She died." is to say that she was the one undertaking the dying action, which is an action, just not a something that people usually choose to do. I don't think there is a way to make "die" passive. You could say, "She was killed by the massive amount of water she drank," which would be passive, since she isn't doing the killing.
But, grammar aside.
... Did she win? Get close to winning? I think just the sheer tenacity of it all deserves something (in addition to a settlement).