<< return to list of rules

Rule "Passive voice"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect. Visit the LanguageTool homepage to use it online or download it for free.

Description:	Passive voice
	By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool
Message:	The text seems to be passive voice. To make the text clearer and easier to read, you can often use the active voice.
Category:	Style (ID: STYLE)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/what-is-passive-voice/
Tags:	[picky]
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	By now, the work will have been completed by the engineers. Her work will not have been finished by tonight. Are you sure the carpets will not already have been cleaned?
Correct sentences for comparison:	By now, the engineers will have completed the work. I think she will have been pleased by the admiration she received. We will have been married for ten years on this day next week.
Pattern:	Show XML · Show in Rule Editor
Check the following text against just this rule:
ID:	PASSIVE_VOICE [5]
Version:	6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-10-10 22:33:07 +0200)