Difference between active and passive forms
Introduction
Active forms
Inactive forms of the sentence, the doer or the thing that is doing the action is the subject of the sentence while the one that is receiving the action is the subject of the sentence. Most of the sentences in the real world are in the active forms.
It is always in the form;
(Action Doer or the subject)+(Verb)+( The action receiver or the object)
Example
John wrote the essay
Here;
John is the subject, wrote is the verb and essay is the object.
Passive Form
In the passive form, the things that are doing the action are the subject of the sentences while the thing that is doing the action is the object and it is placed at the end of the sentence after the word “by”. The passive form is always used when one thinks that the object or the receiver of the action is to be emphasized or is deemed to be more important. This form is also used to exercise courtesy where one doesn’t want to mention the action’s doer or the doer of the action is not known.
It is always in the form;
(Action receiver)+(past participle of the verb in question)+(by)+(action doer)
Example
The essay was written by john
Essay is the action receiver, written is the past participle of wrote, by precedes the doer, John
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References
Courtland L. Bovee& John V. Thill, July 21, 2013. Business Communication Today (12th Edition.
