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Linguistics

English Grammar - When Is Passive Voice Used?

by 앎의나무 2012. 2. 17.
Make a Sentence Less redundant, and More Concise

1) avoid general subjects like someone, people, no one etc.
"Someone cleans the room daily → The room is cleaned daily"


2) avoid obvious subjects
"The teacher will grade the exams later  → The exams will be graded later"

 
3) avoid ambiguous pronoun subjects
"They are going to build a new hospital here next year  → A new hospital is going to be built next year"

4) make topic noun the subject
"The directors are going to promote me at the end of the month  → I'm gonna be promoted at ~"