Friday Funnies: The Passive Voice

Saturday, 28 September 2013 20:20
chomiji: Tenpou from Saiyuki Gaiden. with the caption Not necessarily by the book (Tenpou - Not by the book)
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An image of a twitter post. The poster, Rebecca Johnson, says that - I finally leaned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert 'by zombies' after the verb, you have passive voice.
— From Grammarly, citing Rebecca Johnson et seq. on Twitter

If the details of active vs. passive voice are still eluding you, check out [livejournal.com profile] supercheesegirl's FG post on Passive Voice.

With apologies for the lateness!

 

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Friday Feature (on Sunday!): Passive Voice

Sunday, 17 August 2008 16:07
[identity profile] supercheesegirl.livejournal.com
What’s So Bad About the Passive Voice, Anyway?

The quick answer: lots.

This feature will explain what passive voice is and give tips and tricks for how to recognize (and change) the passive voice in writing. We’ll also discuss the times when passive voice might actually be a desirable technique to use.

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