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29.1 Recognizing passive voice

Some great background on passive voice constructions, when to use them, and when to avoid them, can be found at http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/passive.htm.

There is also a very challenging quiz that you can take to practice revising passive voice to make it active: follow the link at the bottom of the page, “Quiz: Recognizing and Changing Passive Constructions”



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