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We use the passive tense without the actor if the actor is not important or not known.

The Mona Lisa was painted in the 16th century.

Help! The post office has been robbed!

The passive allows us to leave the actor until the end of the sentence, if the actor is important.

The painting is very valuable, it was painted by Van Gogh.

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Passive voice is used in English to emphasize the action or the object being acted upon rather than the subject. It is appropriate when the subject is unknown, unimportant, or when the focus is on the action itself.

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