Home Law the explainer Grammar quiz: Do you know the passive voice? Many people claim they revile the passive. But most have trouble identifying it correctly.

The online column titled, guide to grammar.org. provides these examples: Active: “The executive committee (do-ers) approved the new policy.” (receiver) Passive: “The new policy (receiver) was approved ...

How to Set Up Active & Passive Voice in Microsoft Word 2010. Microsoft Word 2010 can help punch up your document's prose by alerting you when you use passive voice in a sentence.

Using the active voice emphasizes the person or agent who performs an action. Using the passive voice emphasizes the recipient of the action, or sometimes the action itself. Take a look at the ...

Learn about using the active and passive voices in this episode of 6 Minute Grammar.

Chances are you've been told to avoid using the passive voice in business writing. What the heck is the passive voice, and what's wrong with it? How can you learn to avoid it?

Improve your public relations and marketing communications by writing in an active voice. Learn best practices for using the active vs. passive voice.

Passive voice means that the object of a transitive verb is made the grammatical subject of the clause. To see what that means, let’s start with an active-voice sentence: Katie wrecked the car.

Writers who use passive voice may cause headaches and frustration among grammar instructors and copy editors, but these writers have reason to use the passive voice from time to time.