Focusing on the subject allows the writers to grow a distinct writing style
Active voice and passive voice are grammatical constructions that communicate certain information about an action
Example: This house was built by my father
Passive voice means that a subject is a recipient of a verb’s action
The passive voice is your friend when the thing receiving an action is the important part of the sentence—especially in scientific and legal contexts, times when the performer of an action is unknown, or cases where the subject is distracting or irrelevant The passive voice is used when we want to emphasize the action (the verb) and the object of a
It makes for a murky, roundabout sentence; you can be more straightforward with active voice
What is Passive Voice? What does passive voice mean? The passive writing voice occurs when something that is ordinarily “done by” the subject of a sentence is “done by” the object of a sentence
Passive voice often creates unclear, less direct, wordy sentences, whereas active voice creates clearer, more concise sentences
And the best way I know to teach this is by example
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This, along with several other passive voice features
For example, the sentence The dinner was cooked by Eduardo uses the passive voice
The passive voice occurs when the action is done by what seems like it should be the object