Hard writing makes easy reading. An old adage. Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words. Apocrypha. People think I can teach them style. What stuff it all is! Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret of style.
Image Caption: This is an example of the active voice because the sentence subject performs the action. Image Caption: This is an example of the passive voice. Image Caption: This is an example of an active voice sentence because the sentence subject performs the action. Image Caption: This is an example of the passive voice. Image Caption: This is an example of an active voice sentence because its subject performs the action expressed in the verb.
For active and passive in English, see English passive voice. Active voice is a grammatical voice common in many of the world's languages. It is the unmarked voice for clauses featuring a transitive verb in nominativeâaccusative languages, including English and most other Indo-European languages. Active voice is used in a clause whose subject expresses the main verb's agent. That is, the subject does the verb's designated action. A clause whose agent is marked as grammatical subject is called an active clause. In contrast, a clause in which the subject has the role of patient or theme is named a passive clause, and its verb is expressed in passive voice.