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  1. science - Active vs Passive voice in lab reports, and history of ...

    The active voice is the natural voice, the one in which people usually speak and write, and its use is less likely to lead to wordiness and ambiguity. Avoid the "passive of modesty," a device of …

  2. Is a report used to report, or does a report report? Active vs passive

    Sep 22, 2021 · The first example is not passive in the sense that report is an active verb in both examples. The only difference here is that you added a passive filler verb is used to that isn't …

  3. Present perfect vs. passive voice - English Language & Usage …

    May 7, 2013 · They're both passive voice; that's why they look similar: they have the same structure. It's not possible to contrast passive voice with present perfect: they're two different …

  4. passive voice - "Focus on" or "be focused on": what're the nuances ...

    Feb 1, 2019 · After viewing a couple of threads on the Internet, I found that both the legitimacy or the explanation of "focus on" (active voice form) and "be focused on" (passive voice form) …

  5. Active vs passive voice - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Nov 22, 2020 · Here in this image the heading sentence seems in active voice and in paragraph it is in passive voice, the result is like the actor has been changed. Could you explain?

  6. Use of "I", "we" and the passive voice in a scientific thesis

    The passive voice should not be used to avoid writing I or we. If the entire thesis is written in the passive voice, it is much harder to read, and the sentences within it 1 have to be reworded …

  7. grammaticality - Mix active and passive voice in the thesis

    How can I write this sentence in active voice without using I? Thanks a lot. I believe my question is different from Style Question: Use of "we" vs. "I" vs. passive voice in a dissertation as I am …

  8. What does "voice" mean in the context of written language?

    Aug 14, 2021 · The two most common frames of reference seem to be (1) agency attribution at the level of sentence structure (active vs. passive voice) and (2) the use of stylistic elements to …

  9. Active vs passive voice with inanimate object as the subject

    The product sells well. The book reads well. The glass broke. The sentences are understandable, but in each of the sentences the subjects can't perform any job, as they all are inanimate …

  10. Indirect object? Direct object? In active voice? In passive voice ...

    Nov 3, 2015 · The following sentence has an active voice verb and an indirect object (IO) me and a direct object (DO) book: "Jeff gave me a book." As I understand, a passive voice verb …