Active voice
The active voice is the result of writing with verbs and with attention to the actions you want to convey in your document. The active voice makes your sentences direct and concise.
The passive voice is the opposite. As the term suggests, the passive voice does not initiate action; it receives it. A document written primarily in the passive voice becomes indirect, abstract, and wordy.
Compare the two voices: active and passive.
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In the active version of this sentence, the subject of the sentence is the doer; she performs the action on the receiver. |
In the passive version of this sentence, the subject of the sentence is the receiver; it has the action performed on it. |
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