hey i want to know if some one says to use passive voice on a esaay what do they mean, like do they mean use I or We or what. I have to write an essay and my teacher is asking to write it in passive voice, i forgot what passive voice is so plz help me out. thx alot and sry if i made any mistakes. :) lol
2006-12-21 08:36:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Makeup
ahh hello! please try to speak simple english just tell me what would the noun be, would it be I or atleast can i use the noun or the sunbject as "I" ok thx plz simple english
2006-12-21 08:46:53 · update #1
and i know i'm in the wrong atogory but i thought maybe i would get reply faster this way so i din't use it anywhere else ok sry
2006-12-21 08:47:42 · update #2
is passive voice like in the past tense?
2006-12-21 08:51:56 · update #3
Passive voice is when the subject of the sentence is not the active agent.
e.g. Jack is kicked by Jill.
Active voice would read, Jill kicked Jack.
Typically, verbs to avoid are: am, is, are, was, were, have, been.
Some more examples:
1) passive - Some people visited while I was there.
active - While I was there some people visited.
2) passive - Our books were stolen by someone yesterday.
active - Someone stole our books yesterday.
3) passive - The cookies were eaten by him.
active - He ate the cookies.
2006-12-21 09:32:56 · answer #1 · answered by anonymous 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
passive voice
One of the two “voices” of verbs (see also active voice). A verb is in the passive voice when the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb. For example, in “The ball was thrown by the pitcher,” the ball (the subject) receives the action of the verb, and was thrown is in the passive voice. The same sentence cast in the active voice would be, “The pitcher threw the ball.”
It is usually preferable to use the active voice wherever possible, because it gives a sense of immediacy to the sentence.
2006-12-21 08:49:29 · answer #2 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the most common example of passive voice is when the object of the sentence is written as the subject-
active voice: the teacher wrote on the blackboard
passive voice: the blackboard was written on by the teacher
you can find additional examples on google. this must be an interesting assignment, as the passive voice is to be avoided in formal writing (or to put it in active voive-"normally writers eschew the passive voice")
2006-12-21 08:44:21 · answer #3 · answered by dr schmitty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
passive voice
One of the two “voices” of verbs (see also active voice). A verb is in the passive voice when the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb. For example, in “The ball was thrown by the pitcher,” the ball (the subject) receives the action of the verb, and was thrown is in the passive voice. The same sentence cast in the active voice would be, “The pitcher threw the ball.”
2006-12-21 08:41:36 · answer #4 · answered by reeree 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
reeree's answer is correct, but she needs to quote her source:
http://www.bartleby.com/59/7/passivevoice.html
Or, the print source:
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Ok, let me see if I can explain it:
In active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action. In passive voice, the subject of the sentence has something done to it.
It is different from present or past tense... not sure how they could be compared.
Passive tense is often used to keep the do-er of the action anonymous. For example, "A mistake was made." If we re-wrote it in active voice, the sentence would read "Someone made a mistake."
2006-12-21 08:44:22 · answer #5 · answered by computerguy103 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Your in the wrong category.
2006-12-21 08:45:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋