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Saturday, December 29, 2012

"when passive voice is to be used"


.+ Use the passive voice when you do not need to tell the reader who is acting or when the agent (the person who does the action) is not known or is not important. Tea is grown in India. English is spoken all around the world. Active voice: Waseem will prosecute trespassers. passive voice: Trespassers will be prosecuted. In this case,it is not necessary to say who will be doing the prosecuting.Fear of being prosecuted,not fear of being prosecuted by Waseem ,will prevent most people from trespassing. .Use Passive voicecan create awkward sentences, as in the last example above.Also,

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