Quote Originally Posted by Soft sign View Post
«Звук произносится» is literally “Sound pronounces itself”. The same thing.
This is a feature of Russian grammar, this is not wrong.
(IMHO)
My point is: it is correct grammatically but wrong semantically. "Земли покрываются лесами" and "Леса покрывают земли" mean different things. First is a process, second is a condition (mostly).