Improving Your Writing

Passive Voice

when a writer makes the object of an action into the subject of a sentence.

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More about Passive Voice

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Active Voice

the subject of the sentence performs the action expressed in the verb.

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Passive or Active Voice?

When to choose a Passive voice?

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Changing from Passive voice to Active Voice

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Modifiers

Dangling Modifiers

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Sentence Fragments

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Redundant

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Grammar Monster’s List of Common Mistakes

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