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Business Writing Center Style Guide ... English verbs have two voices: active voice and passive voice. In active voice, the person acting is clear: "The manager wrote the report yesterday." The person acting is the manager. ... Changing passive voice to active voice...
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www.businesswriting.com/tests/activepassive.htm
www.businesswriting.com/tests/activepassive.htm
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Read this essay carefully paying special attention to passive voice verbs. Revise the essay by changing the passive verbs into active verbs where appropriate.
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www.uark.edu/campus-resources/qwrtcntr/resources/handou...
www.uark.edu/campus-resources/qwrtcntr/resources/handouts/activepassive.htm
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(You might notice, too, that changing from a passive to an active construction does not always improve a sentence!) If you try to cheat by looking at Grammar's version first, loud sirens will go off and there will be a general decline in the country's moral health.
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grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/passive_quiz.ht...
grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/passive_quiz.htm
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One further caution about the passive voice: we should not mix active and passive constructions in the same sentence: "The executive committee approved the new policy, and the calendar for next year's meetings was revised" should be recast ... Take the quiz (below) as an exercise in recognizing and changing passive verbs.
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grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/passive.htm
grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/passive.htm
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Exercise 13: Active & Passive Voice ... Each of the following sentences is written in the passive voice. Read each carefully and decide which sentences should be in the passive voice. In the space provided, rewrite the sentences that you decide would be better in the active voice.
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www.esc.edu/htmlpages/writerold/pandg/exg13.shtml
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A detailed explanation of all the important points of English grammar. ... In order to preserve the meaning of a sentence when the Voice of the verb is changed, it is necessary to alter the order of the words in the sentence. a. Changing the verb from the active voice to the passive voice;
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www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus/153/gramch12.html
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Because the subject does or "acts upon" the verb in such sentences, the sentences are said to be in the active voice. ... To change a sentence from active to passive voice, do the following: ... To change a passive voice sentence into an active voice sentence, simply reverse the steps shown above.
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www.towson.edu/ows/activepass.htm
www.towson.edu/ows/activepass.htm
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