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.
Voice is the form of a verb that shows whether the subject of a sentence does the action (= the active voice) or is affected by it (= the passive voice). Examples: In the sentence James hit the ball, the verb hit is in the active voice. In other words, the form hit shows that the subject (James) did the action. The sentence James hit the ball is an active sentence. In the sentence The ball was hit by James, the verb was hit is in the passive voice. In other words, the form was hit shows that the subject (The ball) was affected by the action. The sentence The ball was hit by James is a passive sentence.