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Writing Pitfalls: Passive Voice

Writing Pitfalls: Passive Voice

by Stephanie Johnson | Mar 18, 2018 | tips

  In a sentence that uses passive voice, the sentence’s subject does not perform the action. Instead, the action of the sentence happens to the subject. For example, the sentence “The ball was thrown by the girl” is written in passive voice. If you see a...

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