1. Active voice v. Passive voice
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2. Why is active voice preferred?
“Active voice is brief, cogent, and assertive. It shows the reader a moving picture whereas a passive voice is weak and up to interpretation. Prose should always be active, powerful. The reader shouldn't even realize they're reading words off a page.
Consider the following: every time the dog would bark, he would go outside to check. Then, consider: He went outside to check whenever the dog barked.”
“In terms of the motion of sentences, active is voice is more like walking forward; passive voice is more like walking sideways. I think active voice propels the sentences along at a nice clip. Passive voice makes you feel like you have to get around something in order to find out where you’re going.”

3. examples Example of ACTIVE VOICE: “I love you.” subject: “I”
action: “loving”
relationship: The subject (“I”) is the one performing the action (“loving”).
Example of PASSIVE VOICE:
“You are loved by me.”
subject: “you”
action: “loving”
relationship: The subject (“You”) sits passively while the action (“loving”) is performed by somebody else (“me”).

4. How to recognize active and passive sentences
Find the subject (the main character of the sentence).
Find the main verb (the action that the sentence identifies).
Examine the relationship between the subject and main verb.
Does the subject perform the action of the main verb? (If so, the sentence is active.)
Does the subject sit there while something else — named or unnamed —performs an action on it? (If so, the sentence is passive.)
Can’t tell? If the main verb is a linking verb (“is,” “was,” “are,” “seems (to be),” “becomes” etc.), then the verb functions like an equals sign; there is no action involved — it merely describes a state of being, therefore it is passive

5. Passive voice v. past tense
Many people confuse the passive voice with the past tense. The most common passive constructions also happen to be past tense (e.g. “I’ve been framed”), but “voice” has to do with who, while “tense” has to do with when.
Active Voice
Passive Voice
Past Tense
I taught; I learned.
I was (have been) taught [by someone]; It was (has been) learned [by someone].
Present Tense
I teach; I learn.
I am [being] taught [by someone]; It is [being] learned [by someone].
Future Tense
I will teach; I will learn.
I will be taught [by someone]; It will be learned [by someone].

6. Passive voice is ok sometimes
Passive verbs are not automatically wrong. When used rarely and deliberately, the passive voice serves an important purpose.
When you wish to downplay the action:
Mistakes will be made, and lives will be lost; the sad truth is learned anew by each generation.
When you wish to downplay the actor:
Three grams of reagent ‘A’ were added to a beaker of 10% saline solution.
When the actor is unknown:
The victim was approached from behind and hit over the head with a salami.

7. Zombies
If you can insert “by zombies” after the verb, you have passive voice
- “The game was played” – by zombies WORKS, PASSIVE VOICE
- “Matt played the game” – by zombies DOES NOT WORK, ACTIVE VOICE

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