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Active and passive voice, writing sytle (chandrashekhar Londhe)
Change from active voice to passive & vice versa is tedious. How often it is required in general writing & talking on daily basis ?
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We usually use the passive voice when talking about an action where we are not interested in saying who or what does/did it. Passives without 'agents' are common in academic and scientific writing. We often prefer to begin a sentence with something that is already known, or that we are already talking about , and to put the 'news' at the end.
- We usually use the passive voice when talking about an action where we are not interested in saying who or what does/did it.
- Passives without 'agents' are common in academic and scientific writing.
- We often prefer to begin a sentence with something that is already known, or that we are already talking about , and to put the 'news' at the end.
- This is another common reason for choosing passive structures - often including agents.
- John's painting my portrait.
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We usually use the passive voice when talking about an action where we are not interested in saying who or what does/did it. Passives without 'agents' are common in academic and scientific writing.
We often prefer to begin a sentence with something that is already known, or that we are already talking about , and to put the 'news' at the end. This is another common reason for choosing
We often prefer to begin a sentence with something that is already known, or that we are already talking about , and to put the 'news' at the end. This is another common reason for choosing
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