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Which is a situation in which passive voice can be a good choice?
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∙ 8y ago
The form of passive is be + past participle
eg - been eaten, being eaten, was cooked, is cooked,
It depends what your writing is about.
The passive allows us to leave the 'doer' of the verb out of the sentence. This is useful if the 'doer' is not important. eg
The Mona Lisa was painted in the 16th century.
This is also useful if you are writing about a process and who does the action is not known or not important eg
Tea is picked each day and the leaves are taken to a a factory where they are dried. Then the tea is packed in bulk containers.....
If you want to say who does the action of a passive verb add by + pronoun / noun phrase at the end of the sentence. This is called the agent.
The dinner was eaten by Fred.
This is useful if you want to emphasis the agent eg
The painting is very valuable. It was painted by Van Gogh.
So when you you use passive depend entirely on what you are writing.
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∙ 11y ago
Kylee Hasch
The sentence emphasizes the receiver of the action
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∙ 7y agoWhen the doer of the action is less important than the receiver of it
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The sentence emphasizes the receiver of the action
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Is you had a good time a passive voice?
No. "You had a good time" is active voice. Subject+verb+object=active voice. "A good time was had by you" is passive voice. Object+form of be+past participle+subject=passive voice.
What is the passive voice of They laughed at the joker?
To put that sentence in passive voice, you would say, "The joker was laughed at by them." (It's a good example of why you should most often not use the passive voice.)
What is a overuse of passive voice?
An overuse of passive voice changes the feeling of writing. In a sense, it removes the action; it seems that things are happening to the subject instead of the subject doing the action. When you write in passive voice too much, then the writing seems weak. Also, passive voice is a thorn in the side of most English teachers. This link is wonderful for explaining passive voice in detail. http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/passivevoice.html Good luck!
Can you use the passive voice with non transitive verbs?
Good question and if you're thinking that it's not possible, you'd be absolutely correct and well done.
What type of verb is been?
forms of the infinitive "to be" ---- am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been, have, had might, may, must, could, can, would, will, should, shall, feel... "Being verbs" are sometimes necessary to clarify a sentence, and set up apposition (as in the case of this sentence). Stylistically, one should try to avoid use of the passive voice, in which the object "is being acted" upon by some agent, which is usually unspecified. Because of the ambiguity of what's doing the action in passive voice, the literary community tends to believe passive voice weakens writing, although scientific literature widely uses it. There is nothing wrong with the passive voice, though. It sometimes may be necessary, as in the case of using "being necessary", or "being able", both of which cannot be made active. A good rule of thumb to follow is that if the sentence can be rewritten with the subject as an object, it is passive. Consider the following sentences: 1) These "being verbs" are frowned upon in professional writing. This sentence is passive. The "being verbs" "are being acted" upon by another agent, in this case, professional writing. To make the sentence active, it should read: Professional writing frowns upon "being verbs". 2) The passive voice should be changed to an active voice; one should replace all being verbs with verbs that do more work and are more exciting. Again, the beginning of this sentence is passive. Analyzing the sentence, one can see that "the passive voice" can be changed by something, but it is unclear what. This is the ambiguity mentioned earlier that tends to weaken writing. Adding a most likely subject, the sentence now reads: One should change the passive voice; one should.... Finally, one should note that while the passive can weaken writing, it all depends on its use. In explanatory writing especially, as in the examples above, a writer will use the passive voice to separate himself from the subject.
Is you had a good time a passive voice?
No. "You had a good time" is active voice. Subject+verb+object=active voice. "A good time was had by you" is passive voice. Object+form of be+past participle+subject=passive voice.
What is passive voice of how are you?
i am good, how are you?
Is A good time was had by all passive voice?
No, "A good time was had by all" is an example of the active voice, where the subject ("all") is performing the action ("had"). In passive voice, the subject would receive the action, such as "All had a good time" would be the passive form.
What is the passive voice of They laughed at the joker?
To put that sentence in passive voice, you would say, "The joker was laughed at by them." (It's a good example of why you should most often not use the passive voice.)
When is it good to use passive voice?
When the sentence emphasizes the receiver of the action
What is a overuse of passive voice?
An overuse of passive voice changes the feeling of writing. In a sense, it removes the action; it seems that things are happening to the subject instead of the subject doing the action. When you write in passive voice too much, then the writing seems weak. Also, passive voice is a thorn in the side of most English teachers. This link is wonderful for explaining passive voice in detail. http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/passivevoice.html Good luck!
Can you use the passive voice with non transitive verbs?
Good question and if you're thinking that it's not possible, you'd be absolutely correct and well done.
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No. Whenever possible, use active voice.
I have a problem with passive voice can anyone help?
Sure! You can identify passive voice by looking for forms of the verb "to be" (such as is, are, was, were) followed by a past participle. To fix passive voice, try rephrasing the sentence to have the subject perform the action directly. This often results in a clearer, more direct sentence.
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"A good time was had by all" is an example of the passive voice. If you wanted to make this sentence active, you would change it to say something like, "Everyone at the picnic had a good time." Or "All of those at the picnic had a good time."
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