PASSIVE VOICE
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1. WHAT IS ?
2. When should I avoid passive voice?
3. WHEN USE IT ?
4. The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object undergoing an action rather than in the person or object performing the action. In other words, the most important object or person becomes the subject of the sentence
5. The actor is unknown
6. You want to be vague about who is responsible:
7. The actor is irrelevant:
8. You are talking about a general truth
9. You want to emphasize the person or thing acted on
10. You are writing in a scientific genre that traditionally relies on passive voice.
11. who is responsible for the action:
12. Academic writing
13. Some students use passive sentences to hide holes in their research:
14. Finally, passive sentences often sound wordy and indirect
15. EXAMPLE
16. A letter is written by Rita.
17. The uncertainty principle was formulated by Werner Heisenberg in 1927.
18. Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle
19. how to formulate ?
