How to use 紹介される?


# Active

> A: AはBにCを紹介する。
>
> A': A introduces C to B.

# Questions

How to make C and B (respectively) subjects of passive sentences?




"～によって" can be used when ～に is already consumed by the main verb.

>   * Cは（Aによって）Bに紹介される。
>   * Bは（Aによって）Cを紹介される。
>   * Bは（Aに）Cを紹介される。
>

Note that CはBに紹介される can be ambiguous ("C was introduced by B to someone" vs "C
was introduced to B by someone"). 彼に紹介されたレストラン would almost always mean "the
restaurant introduced by him." 彼に紹介された人 usually means "a person introduced by
him" but may mean "a person introduced to him," depending on the context.




"～によって" can be used when ～に is already consumed by the main verb.

>   * Cは（Aによって）Bに紹介される。
>   * Bは（Aによって）Cを紹介される。
>   * Bは（Aに）Cを紹介される。
>

Note that CはBに紹介される can be ambiguous ("C was introduced by B to someone" vs "C
was introduced to B by someone"). 彼に紹介されたレストラン would almost always mean "the
restaurant introduced by him." 彼に紹介された人 usually means "a person introduced by
him" but may mean "a person introduced to him," depending on the context.

