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V3 Put the thing or person doing the action toward the front of the
sentence. (Use the active voice, not the
passive voice.) |
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Strong
Examples |
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The ball
was being kicked. (Very weak subject: the reader
doesn’t even know who did it) |
Mike
kicked the ball. (Now it is clear.) |
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The ball was being kicked by Mike. (Weak subject: The person that actually did it is just tagging along at the
end.) |
Mike
kicked the ball. (The person that did it is now right
up front.) |
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Quotes: |
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Never use the passive
voice where you can use the active. George Orwell “Six Rules” |