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    The document discusses the difference between active and passive voice in English grammar. Active voice means the subject performs the action of the verb, while passive voice means the subject receives the action. While passive voice is sometimes considered weaker, it can be used effectively in moderation. The key differences are that active voice has a subject-verb-object structure while passive voice uses a form of "to be" plus the past participle and adds a preposition. Active voice conveys a stronger tone while passive voice can focus on the recipient of the action. Most sentences should be in active voice unless the passive form better conveys the intended meaning.

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    The document discusses the difference between active and passive voice in English grammar. Active voice means the subject performs the action of the verb, while passive voice means the subject receives the action. While passive voice is sometimes considered weaker, it can be used effectively in moderation. The key differences are that active voice has a subject-verb-object structure while passive voice uses a form of "to be" plus the past participle and adds a preposition. Active voice conveys a stronger tone while passive voice can focus on the recipient of the action. Most sentences should be in active voice unless the passive form better conveys the intended meaning.

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    The document discusses the difference between active and passive voice in English grammar. Active voice means the subject performs the action of the verb, while passive voice means the subject receives the action. While passive voice is sometimes considered weaker, it can be used effectively in moderation. The key differences are that active voice has a subject-verb-object structure while passive voice uses a form of "to be" plus the past participle and adds a preposition. Active voice conveys a stronger tone while passive voice can focus on the recipient of the action. Most sentences should be in active voice unless the passive form better conveys the intended meaning.

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    Active voice vs passive voice

    Active voice means that a sentence has a subject that acts


    upon its verb. Passive voice means that a subject is a recipient
    of a verb’s action. You may have learned that the passive voice
    is weak and incorrect, but it isn’t that simple. When used
    correctly and in moderation, the passive voice is fine.
    In English grammar, verbs have five properties: voice, mood,
    tense, person, and number; here, we are concerned with voice.
    The two grammatical voices are active and passive.

    What’s the difference between active and passive voice?

    Active voice
    When the subject of a sentence performs the verb’s action, we
    say that the sentence is in the active voice. Sentences in the
    active voice have a strong, direct, and clear tone. Here are
    some short and straightforward examples of active voice.

    Active voice examples


    Monkeys adore bananas.
    The cashier counted the money.
    The dog chased the squirrel.
    All three sentences have a basic active voice construction:
    subject, verb, and object. The subject monkey performs the
    action described by adore. The subject the cashier performs the
    action described by counted. The subject the dog performs the
    action described by chased. The subjects are doing, doing,
    doing—they take action in their sentences. The active voice
    reminds us of the popular Nike slogan, “Just Do It.”
    Passive voice
    A sentence is in the passive voice, on the other hand, when the
    subject is acted on by the verb. The passive voice is always
    constructed with a conjugated form of to be plus the verb’s past
    participle. Doing this usually generates a preposition as well.
    That sounds much more complicated than it is—passive voice
    is actually quite easy to detect. For these examples of passive
    voice, we will transform the three active sentences above to
    illustrate the difference.

    Passive voice examples


    Bananas are adored by monkeys.
    The money was counted by the cashier.
    The squirrel was chased by the dog.
    Let’s take a closer look at the first pair of sentences,
    “Monkeys adore bananas” and “Bananas are adored by
    monkeys.”
    The active sentence consists of monkeys (subject)
    + adore (verb) + bananas (object).
    The passive sentence consists of bananas (object) + are
    adored (a form of to be plus the past participle adored)
    + by (preposition) + monkeys (subject).
    Making the sentence passive flipped the structure and
    necessitated the preposition by. In fact, all three of the
    transformed sentences above required the addition of by.

    When to use active and passive voice


    Using the active voice conveys a strong, clear tone and the
    passive voice is subtler and weaker. Here’s some good advice:
    don’t use the passive voice just because you think it sounds a
    bit fancier than the active voice.
    That said, there are times the passive voice is useful and called
    for. Take “The squirrel was chased by the dog,” for example.
    That sentence construction would be helpful if the squirrel were
    the focus of your writing and not the dog.
    A good rule of thumb is to try to put the majority of your
    sentences in the active voice, unless you truly can’t write your
    sentence in any other way.

    The judge judges the thief


    The sportsman win the tournament
    The bull chased the matador
    The students study hard for the exam
    Leonardo D’avinci Paint the monalisa

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