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Meanings of passive voice in English
Catalan
veu passiva The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb.
Synonyms
Examples for "passive"
Examples for "passive"
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Experts agree that passive safety is a good idea but urge caution.
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The Congress government, however, is no passive hostage in this political drama.
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The passive voice has been used repeatedly: a lot has been said.
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The key problem might be the totally passive nature of its protagonist.
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I wait, and leave myself open, passive, to whatever this experience means.
Usage of passive voice in English
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The passive voice has been used repeatedly: a lot has been said.
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To farm was an occupation easily parsed-subjunctivemood, past tense, passive voice!
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But in a case of illness we require the passive voice.
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The passive voice was there for Arthur, and it understood.
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Her use of the passive voice-"Cabinshave been booked"-wasracially typical.
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Maybe the problem is that passive voice.
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Turning to the passive voice, we get-
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However, as discussed earlier, for shorter headlines, subheads, and bullet points, passive voice can be useful in some cases.
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The aim, presumably, was to shake us out of our habit of using the passive voice to avoid responsibility.
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Only the first, then, of each pair can have an object or can be used in the passive voice.
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Use active voice ("He optimized the copy") for copy, rather than passive voice ("The copy was optimized").
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I notice the descent into passive voice; also some disturbing double takes from around the table, from Shona and Gustaffson.
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The +object complement+ of a verb in the +active voice+ becomes the +subject+ when the verb is changed to the + passive voice.+
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Passive voice is less engaging and more confusing to your reader.
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Past Perfect Tense-PassiveVoice
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Future Perfect Tense-PassiveVoice