Tài liệu 09) Passive and Active voice doc

Active / Passive voice
The report was written by Nguy n Phan Nam.ễ
Passive Voice:
Nguy n Phan Nam ễ wrote the report.
Active Voice:
Active / Passive voice
My finger was bitten by a dog.
Passive Voice:
A dog bit my finger.
Active Voice:
Active / Passive voice
My first visit to Boston will always be remembered
by me.
Passive Voice:
I will always remember my first trip to Boston.
Active Voice:
Should you ALWAYS use active voice?
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(Microsoft Word style and grammar check
will always warn you if you have any
sentence in passive voice.)
When is it OK to use passive voice?
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Use passive voice when it makes your
writing simpler:
Nikola Tesla was regarded as a mad genius. Few
people really understood his ideas.
Here the writer intends to be unclear about who
regards Tesla as a mad genius. Therefore it’s
difficult to write the sentence in active voice.
About author

Hans Anderson
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2007-Present: Lecturer at FPT Greenwich
Programmes, FPT University.
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2007: M.S., Computational Mathematics,
University of Minnesota
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2001: B.A., Computer Science, Gustavus
Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN