ENG 1131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Active Voice
14 Apr 2016
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Acive voice is when the subject performs the acion. Think of it like acive voice will have acions, so it performs the acion. My horses trampled my neighbours front lawn. in this case, the horses are the subject and they are performing the action. Passive voice is when the subject receives the acion. Think if it like it is passive, so it is ot doing much. My neighbours front lawn was trampled. in this case, the front lawn is the subject and the. The subject (front lawn) received the acion (trampled). Passive voice can oten be looked at as vague or unclear because it does not need to indicate who is performing the acion, it just needs to indicate who is receiving the acion. You use passive voice when you want to emphasize the person or thing receiving the acion. I was struck right in the face by the snowball.
