Linguistics
English Grammar - When Is Passive Voice Used?
앎의나무
2012. 2. 17. 16:12
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 ~"
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 ~"