tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120445675003001381.post5618878688463173169..comments2024-03-20T11:58:45.251-04:00Comments on Walden University Writing Center: What's the Problem With Passive Voice?Walden Writing Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15436616060065528527noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120445675003001381.post-46033685211561516182016-12-28T10:29:15.821-05:002016-12-28T10:29:15.821-05:00Thanks Maria! Glad that you are finding our conten...Thanks Maria! Glad that you are finding our content helpful!Walden Writing Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436616060065528527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120445675003001381.post-6862060438000220922016-12-18T14:34:24.855-05:002016-12-18T14:34:24.855-05:00Thanks, your comments on passive voice versus acti...Thanks, your comments on passive voice versus active voice, which have allowed me to understand the key difference between the two words. Example, active voice is more clear and tells the reader who's accountable for the action in the sentence. Whereas, passive voice sends the reader on a guess-who-did-it journey.<br /><br />Maria Khave'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954121607136213945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120445675003001381.post-47149331598560973112014-11-24T08:44:51.053-05:002014-11-24T08:44:51.053-05:00Thanks for your comment. You’re right that passive...Thanks for your comment. You’re right that passive voice is usually made up of a form of "to be” with a past participle. With active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action that the verb expresses. We don’t use many examples of passive voice in this post, but the examples that we use are in passive voice.<br /><br />Passive: a study was conducted<br />Active: I conducted a study<br /><br />Passive: mistakes were made<br />Active: I made a mistake (or I made mistakes)Walden Writing Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436616060065528527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120445675003001381.post-54105669556744214252014-11-22T16:53:34.622-05:002014-11-22T16:53:34.622-05:00The passive voice is formed with "to be"...The passive voice is formed with "to be" plus the past participle.<br /><br />active: the dog bites me.<br />passive: I am bitten by the dog.<br /><br />None of your examples are in the passive voice.<br />http://activeandpassivevoic3.blogspot.com/angelwaheedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924500276547046260noreply@blogger.com