PASSIVE VOICE and ACTIVE VOICE
Dear Grammarians,
I believe the following sentence is in the passive voice because of the verb 'to be' and use of past participle: 'are...added' and int he next clause 'are...eaten'. The sentence also lacks and agent. Do you agree?
Food additives are substances added to foods that are not usually eaten as a food.
To create active voice, is the following correct?
Food manufacturers add unnatural substances to food.
There is now an agent 'food manufacturers' and a present tense verb 'to add'. Is this now active voice. Are there other ways to construct an active voice sentence from the first example?
With thanks
Kosmo
Top answer
Food additives are substances [which/that are] added to foods that are not usually eaten as a food. There is a reduced clause or what I call a relative clause equivalent in the sentence. The first are has nothing to do with the passive voice.
- Food additives are substances [which/that are] added to foods that are not usually eaten as a food.
- There is a reduced clause or what I call a relative clause equivalent in the sentence.
- The first are has nothing to do with the passive voice.
- Food additives are substances is active voice.
- There is no agent in the sentence.
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Food additives are substances [which/that are] added to foods that are not usually eaten as a food.
There is a reduced clause or what I call a relative clause equivalent in the sentence. The first are has nothing to do with the passive voice. Food additives are su
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