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- PASSIVE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
passive implies immobility or lack of normally expected response to an external force or influence and often suggests deliberate submissiveness or self-control
- Passive Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
The passive voice is a way of writing or speaking that uses passive verbs The sentence “The house was destroyed by the tornado” is written in the passive voice
- PASSIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
'Catrin told me' is an active sentence, and 'I was told by Catrin' is passive In a passive sentence, the subject is the person or thing affected by the action of the verb
- Passive Voice – The Writing Center
This handout will help you understand what passive voice is, why many instructors frown upon it, and how you can revise to achieve greater clarity
- Passive voice - Wikipedia
A passive voice construction is a grammatical voice construction that is found in many languages [1] In a clause with passive voice, the grammatical subject expresses the theme or patient of the main verb – that is, the person or thing that undergoes the action or has its state changed [2] This contrasts with active voice, in which the subject has the agent role For example, in the
- passive - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice (marketing) A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth
- passive - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
Grammar (opposed to active) of, relating to, or being a voice, verb form, or construction that expresses an action that is done to rather than by the subject: In a passive sentence, the subject undergoes the action of the verb but does not perform it
- Passives | LearnEnglish
Do you know how to use the passive voice to change the focus of a sentence? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you
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