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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

What is the intention?

I was looking at these sentences, one in the active form and the other in the passive form, and found myself in the state of bewilderment why one (sorry) would be opting for the passive when the active would do the job just as well, if not better. HELP.

Kim directed that play. The play was directed by Kim
  

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Do you want to emphasize: the agent or the object that is the choice/question.

  • Do you want to emphasize: the agent or the object that is the choice/question.
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Do you want to emphasize:
the agent
or
the object
that is the choice/question.

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