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Quaerereverum Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Passive or active

Hello,

Shall I use passive?

During recession, trade and industrial activity reduce and unemployment increases.

Thank you in advance.
  

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quaereeverum During recession, trade and industrial activity reduce and unemployment increases. It is an awkward construction for the concept you tried to get present. It needs to be revised to something like the following: During the recession, reduced manufacturing and industrial activities have caused the increase of unemployment.

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  • quaereeverum During recession, trade and industrial activity reduce and unemployment increases.
  • It is an awkward construction for the concept you tried to get present.
  • It needs to be revised to something like the following: During the recession, reduced manufacturing and industrial activities have caused the increase of unemployment.
  • Here, "reduced" is a participle adjective.
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quaereeverumDuring recession, trade and industrial activity reduce and unemployment increases.
It is an awkward construction for the concept you tried to get present. It needs to be revised to something like the following:
During the recession, reduced manufacturing and industrial activities have caused the increase of u
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During a recession, trade and industrial activity decrease and unemployment increases.

There's no passive here.

CJ
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