Despte the passive voice I prefer the second sentence. Which do you think is better, as part of a longer paragraph?<br/><br/><b>Usually, it was easy to see the shop from the window, <u>but today the parked bus hid it</u>.</b><br/><br/><b>Usually, it was easy to see the shop from the window, <u>but today it was hidden by the bus</u>.</b>