[Home]Grammatical Voice

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In English not only can one say I wrote this page, but one can also say This page was written by me. The former sentence is said to be in the active voice and the latter in the passive voice.

French does not have the passive voice, but a similar effect can be obtained by [reflexive verb]?.

Some people consider it bad practice to use the passive voice in English.


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Edited December 7, 2001 11:33 pm by Karl Palmen (diff)
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