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Active and Passive Voice

Mini-Lesson #2. From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series. Active and Passive Voice.

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Active and Passive Voice

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  1. Mini-Lesson #2 From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series Active and Passive Voice

  2. Voice is a characteristic of verbs which indicates the relation of the action of the verb to its subject. The voice of a verb may be either active (with the subject doing the action) or passive (with the subject receiving the action). ACTIVE: The committee reached a decision. PASSIVE. A decision wasreached by the committee.

  3. Although both active and passive voices are grammatically correct, the active voice is usually more effective in academic and business writing because it is simpler and more direct. The passive is effective only when the doer of the action is unknown or irrelevant. Example: The cruise liner was hijacked.

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