It’s when the subject is acted upon
What is the passive voice?
“It’s Yoda talk,” says one of my clients.
Well … not exactly. Here are three ways to activate the passive voice:
Passive voice
New Year’s writing tips
6 writing resolutions to improve your copy in 2019
Want to achieve your New Year’s resolutions this year? Just do as I do: Resolve to watch more reality TV.… Read the full article
‘By my grandma’
How to identify the passive voice
Do you have trouble finding and fixing the passive voice? Here are two tips for making in easier.
1. Add “by my grandma.”
If you can add “by my grandma” to the end of a sentence, it’s probably passive voice, agent deleted, says Tim Burnett, who handles Express communications at FedEx.… Read the full article