"Are swayed by" or "sway by"
I would really appreciate if if someone could let me know which of the following phrases are appropriate. Basically, what I wanted to know is whether I should use the passive tense or not in the following sentence.
Please note that, what I wanted to express in the following sentence is that various external influences could persuade teenagers and children without difficulty.
Furthermore, teenagers and children notoriously sway / are swayed by external influences.
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dileepa whether I should use the passive tense voice 'active voice', 'passive voice' (not 'tense') Yes, you need 'are swayed'. However, 'notoriously' won't work. You need to remove that and write 'are easily swayed'.
- dileepa whether I should use the passive tense voice 'active voice', 'passive voice' (not 'tense') Yes, you need 'are swayed'.
- However, 'notoriously' won't work.
- You need to remove that and write 'are easily swayed'.
- Furthermore, teenagers and children are easily swayed by external influences.
- 'notoriously' might work in the following construction, but I think it might be too complex and strained for your purposes, not to mention that it's somewhat redundant.
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dileepawhether I should use the passivetensevoice
'active voice', 'passive voice' (not 'tense')
Yes, you need 'are swayed'.
However, 'notoriously' won't work. You need to remove that and write 'are easily swayed'.
Furthermore, teenagers and children are easily swayed by external in
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