Hard writing makes easy reading. An old adage. Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words. Apocrypha. People think I can teach them style. What stuff it all is! Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret of style.
Image Caption: This is an example of the active voice because the sentence subject performs the action. Image Caption: This is an example of the passive voice. Image Caption: This is an example of an active voice sentence because the sentence subject performs the action. Image Caption: This is an example of the passive voice. Image Caption: This is an example of an active voice sentence because its subject performs the action expressed in the verb.
ACTIVE / PASSIVE VOICE. In most English sentences with an action verb, the subject performs the action denoted by the verb. These examples show that the subject is doing the verb's action. Because the subject does or acts upon the verb in such sentences, the sentences are said to be in the active voice.ote in these examples how the subject-verb relationship has changed. Because the subject is being acted upon (or is passive), such sentences are said to be in the passive voice. NOTE: Colorful parrots live in the rainforests cannot be changed to passive voice because the sentence does not have a direct object.