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Passive

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'-- 'I' is the subject and the agent, the one who 'ate'. 02br 02br 02br 00In the passive voice, the subject is the receiver of the action specified by the verb, and the agent may or may not be mentioned, usually in a 'by' phrase: 02br 02br 00'The whole bag of oreos was eaten (by me)'-- here, 'the whole bag of oreos' is the subject, and is the object which is 'eaten'. 0-

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  • '-- 'I' is the subject and the agent, the one who 'ate'.
  • 02br 02br 02br 00In the passive voice, the subject is the receiver of the action specified by the verb, and the agent may or may not be mentioned, usually in a 'by' phrase: 02br 02br 00'The whole bag of oreos was eaten (by me)'-- here, 'the whole bag of oreos' is the subject, and is the object which is 'eaten'.
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0In the active voice, the subject is the agent, that is the doer of the action specified by the verb: 02br
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00'I ate the whole bag of Oreos.'-- 'I' is the subject and the agent, the one who 'ate'. 02br
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00In the passive voice, the subject is the receiver of the action specified by the verb, and the agent may or may not be mentioned, us
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