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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

re: passive and active voice / indirect and direct

Everyone keeps saying active voice is used in mostly in writing (to make the writing more fun??)

So what is passive voice used for?

How about indirect and direct speech. When and where are they used?

Everything above is refering to real life situations
  

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Anonymous, you ask very large questions. " There are some reasons to use passive: when you don't know who did it, when who did it is not the important part, or when you deliberately want to NOT say who did it. Otherwise, active is generally best.

— BarbaraPA

  • Anonymous, you ask very large questions.
  • " There are some reasons to use passive: when you don't know who did it, when who did it is not the important part, or when you deliberately want to NOT say who did it.
  • Otherwise, active is generally best.
  • " - direct speech.
  • Jill asked us if we wanted to come for dinner.
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Anonymous, you ask very large questions. I would suggest you use the search feature on this site to search for "passive voice." There are some reasons to use passive: when you don't know who did it, when who did it is not the important part, or when you deliberately want to NOT say who did it. Otherwise, active is generally best.

Jill said, "Would you like to come over for dinner?" - dir
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so active is mostly for writing and passive mostly for talking??
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No, you will find a lot of passive in writing. Sometimes -- perhaps even often -- it's not the best choice.

The active voice is most often used in speech, although sometimes the passive is used.

To say that one is used more in speech and one in writing would be inaccurate.
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