Passive voice

Given the meaning and context of your particular sentence, which version is more effective: the active or the passive? Explain your answer.

Post one paragraph from your recent writing that contains a sentence in passive voice. Remember that in a passive voice, the subject of the sentence does not do an action; the subject of the sentence is acted upon. Example: The meeting minutes are written by a different committee member each week. In this passive sentence, […]

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