Eli5 How does passive/active voice work???
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1. I **am being really** passive right now so I **can** show you how **I’m** using **very** few strong verbs that make this sentence long and not really **do** much.
2. I spoke actively on Reddit today when I explained how strong verbs make better sentences.
In high school we had a teacher require us to write an essay in 100% active voice. Best lesson ever. Sometimes it’s difficult to be active and sometimes you can use passive voice as a tool for tone. But in general, active voice makes quicker, shorter, more direct sentences. They are easier to read. There’s more knowledge gained from reading a sentences that uses specific verbs and adjectives in a smaller amount of space. “Dead words” like “Really” and “very” are not technically passive but could be included because they don’t add much to what you’re trying to say so they’re part of poor writing.
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