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Iftekhar Hussain Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

About Active and Passive

Why do we use Active and Passive Sentences?
  

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Writing English sentences is impossible without using the active or passive voice. CB

  • Writing English sentences is impossible without using the active or passive voice.
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Writing English sentences is impossible without using the active or passive voice.

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When there is someone who is actively present in any sentence we speak/write, then we use Active Voice.
E.g. John speaks English.
Here John is actively present in the sentence, hence it is an Active Voice.
Similarly, when there is no one actively present in the sentence, We use Passive Voice.
E.g. English is spoken in India.
Here, nobody is actively present in the sentence, h
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If you're asking about whether to use the active voice or the passive voice, a professor of mine offered advice that I like.

Use the passive voice;
1. If you don't know who performed the action [The door was left open.]
2. If it doesn't matter who performs the action [That phrase is not often used in polite society.]
3. You don't want to identify who performed the action [M
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Anonymous When there is someone who is actively present in any sentence we speak/write, then we use Active Voice.E.g. John speaks English.Here John is actively present in the sentence, hence it is an Active Voice. Similarly, when there is no one actively present in the sentence, We use Passive Voice.E.g. English is spoken in India.Here, nobody
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refer to saima rehman: dear pen pale how are you doing i hope you are doing fine and all is well with you..... dear i have red your sentences it was good and good question. dear there is nothing different between british and united state English
i think it appears the dialect is different Munir Naseri greeting from Ireland
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