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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

passive v. active voice

what is the passive voice?
  

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Type passive voice in the Search box at the upper left of your screen to find many discussions.
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It is a sentence structure in which the agent and the subject are different. It is usually of the form S + 'be' verb + '-ed' participle (+ 'by' + agent):

The man was bitten (by the dog).

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/passive.htm

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PhilipType passive voice in the Search box at the upper left of your screen to find many discussions.
It took me so long to post because I tried that first and found no clear answer at all!

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