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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Passive Voice VS. Active Verb by Buthaina Al Othman   1999-2004 Buthaina al-Othman
Passive Voice VS. Active Verb ,[object Object],1999-2004 Buthaina al-Othman
Reason 1: to emphasize the action not the person/doer who performs it   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],1999 Buthaina al-Othman
Reason 2:   formal writing, scientific and technical reports, and News stories ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],1999-2004 Buthaina al-Othman
Reason 3:   when you don’t know who performed the action ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],1999-2004 Buthaina al-Othman
Reason 4: when the person who performed the action is obvious ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],1999-2004 Buthaina al-Othman
Reason 5:   when you don’t want to tell who performed the action ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],1999-2004 Buthaina al-Othman

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