Passive and Non-aggressive Voice

PASSIVE & NON-AGGRESSIVE PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE Wild penguins attacked my sister. action subject My sister was attacked by wild penguins. action subject Passive Voice Construction SUBJECT O AUXILIARY VERB (TO BE) O MAIN VERB (PAST PARTICIPLE) PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE PAST TENSE The game is being played. The game's MVP will be announced in the 4th quarter. The player was tripped. Passive Voice WHAT IS IT FOR? Technical and scientific writers prefer Passive voice as it has a more "objective" feel: Passive voice help to distance the author or hide things, as in intentionally to call attention the statement: Passive voice may be used to the object: "Water is composed of two elements". "Seventy men were needed to construct the pavilon." "Mistakes were made." Passive Voice HOW OFTEN CAN I USE IT? In average, daily writing, it is 10% suggested that not more than 10% of writing should be in the passive. Most writers agree that average writing with even 15% passive 15% sentences sounds watered down. Some camps say that up to 20% is acceptable. 10% 15N 20s All rights reserved © 2011 Grammar.net - Follow Us on Twitter Grammarnet PASSIVE & NON-AGGRESSIVE PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE Wild penguins attacked my sister. action subject My sister was attacked by wild penguins. action subject Passive Voice Construction SUBJECT O AUXILIARY VERB (TO BE) O MAIN VERB (PAST PARTICIPLE) PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE PAST TENSE The game is being played. The game's MVP will be announced in the 4th quarter. The player was tripped. Passive Voice WHAT IS IT FOR? Technical and scientific writers prefer Passive voice as it has a more "objective" feel: Passive voice help to distance the author or hide things, as in intentionally to call attention the statement: Passive voice may be used to the object: "Water is composed of two elements". "Seventy men were needed to construct the pavilon." "Mistakes were made." Passive Voice HOW OFTEN CAN I USE IT? In average, daily writing, it is 10% suggested that not more than 10% of writing should be in the passive. Most writers agree that average writing with even 15% passive 15% sentences sounds watered down. Some camps say that up to 20% is acceptable. 10% 15N 20s All rights reserved © 2011 Grammar.net - Follow Us on Twitter Grammarnet PASSIVE & NON-AGGRESSIVE PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE Wild penguins attacked my sister. action subject My sister was attacked by wild penguins. action subject Passive Voice Construction SUBJECT O AUXILIARY VERB (TO BE) O MAIN VERB (PAST PARTICIPLE) PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE PAST TENSE The game is being played. The game's MVP will be announced in the 4th quarter. The player was tripped. Passive Voice WHAT IS IT FOR? Technical and scientific writers prefer Passive voice as it has a more "objective" feel: Passive voice help to distance the author or hide things, as in intentionally to call attention the statement: Passive voice may be used to the object: "Water is composed of two elements". "Seventy men were needed to construct the pavilon." "Mistakes were made." Passive Voice HOW OFTEN CAN I USE IT? In average, daily writing, it is 10% suggested that not more than 10% of writing should be in the passive. Most writers agree that average writing with even 15% passive 15% sentences sounds watered down. Some camps say that up to 20% is acceptable. 10% 15N 20s All rights reserved © 2011 Grammar.net - Follow Us on Twitter Grammarnet PASSIVE & NON-AGGRESSIVE PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE Wild penguins attacked my sister. action subject My sister was attacked by wild penguins. action subject Passive Voice Construction SUBJECT O AUXILIARY VERB (TO BE) O MAIN VERB (PAST PARTICIPLE) PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE PAST TENSE The game is being played. The game's MVP will be announced in the 4th quarter. The player was tripped. Passive Voice WHAT IS IT FOR? Technical and scientific writers prefer Passive voice as it has a more "objective" feel: Passive voice help to distance the author or hide things, as in intentionally to call attention the statement: Passive voice may be used to the object: "Water is composed of two elements". "Seventy men were needed to construct the pavilon." "Mistakes were made." Passive Voice HOW OFTEN CAN I USE IT? In average, daily writing, it is 10% suggested that not more than 10% of writing should be in the passive. Most writers agree that average writing with even 15% passive 15% sentences sounds watered down. Some camps say that up to 20% is acceptable. 10% 15N 20s All rights reserved © 2011 Grammar.net - Follow Us on Twitter Grammarnet PASSIVE & NON-AGGRESSIVE PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE Wild penguins attacked my sister. action subject My sister was attacked by wild penguins. action subject Passive Voice Construction SUBJECT O AUXILIARY VERB (TO BE) O MAIN VERB (PAST PARTICIPLE) PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE PAST TENSE The game is being played. The game's MVP will be announced in the 4th quarter. The player was tripped. Passive Voice WHAT IS IT FOR? Technical and scientific writers prefer Passive voice as it has a more "objective" feel: Passive voice help to distance the author or hide things, as in intentionally to call attention the statement: Passive voice may be used to the object: "Water is composed of two elements". "Seventy men were needed to construct the pavilon." "Mistakes were made." Passive Voice HOW OFTEN CAN I USE IT? In average, daily writing, it is 10% suggested that not more than 10% of writing should be in the passive. Most writers agree that average writing with even 15% passive 15% sentences sounds watered down. Some camps say that up to 20% is acceptable. 10% 15N 20s All rights reserved © 2011 Grammar.net - Follow Us on Twitter Grammarnet PASSIVE & NON-AGGRESSIVE PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE Wild penguins attacked my sister. action subject My sister was attacked by wild penguins. action subject Passive Voice Construction SUBJECT O AUXILIARY VERB (TO BE) O MAIN VERB (PAST PARTICIPLE) PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE PAST TENSE The game is being played. The game's MVP will be announced in the 4th quarter. The player was tripped. Passive Voice WHAT IS IT FOR? Technical and scientific writers prefer Passive voice as it has a more "objective" feel: Passive voice help to distance the author or hide things, as in intentionally to call attention the statement: Passive voice may be used to the object: "Water is composed of two elements". "Seventy men were needed to construct the pavilon." "Mistakes were made." Passive Voice HOW OFTEN CAN I USE IT? In average, daily writing, it is 10% suggested that not more than 10% of writing should be in the passive. Most writers agree that average writing with even 15% passive 15% sentences sounds watered down. Some camps say that up to 20% is acceptable. 10% 15N 20s All rights reserved © 2011 Grammar.net - Follow Us on Twitter Grammarnet