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Rule "simple cases of passive voice"
This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.
| Description: |
simple cases of passive voice |
| Message: |
For a more expressive style, consider rephrasing the sentence in the active voice. |
| Category: |
Style
(ID: STYLE)
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| Link: |
https://languagetool.org/insights/post/what-is-passive-voice/ |
| Tags: |
[picky] |
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect: |
- The children have been saved by the police.
Correction suggestion:
the police have saved the children
- The company has also been backed by individual investors.
Correction suggestion:
individual investors have also backed the company
- These competing hypotheses have generally been discounted by mainstream scholars.
Correction suggestion:
mainstream scholars have generally discounted these competing hypotheses
- The children have been recently saved by the police.
Correction suggestion:
the police have recently saved the children
- The stories have been made up by the police.
Correction suggestion:
the police have made up the stories
- This idea has not been accepted by most palaeontologists.
Correction suggestion:
most palaeontologists have not accepted this idea
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Correct sentences
for comparison: |
- All other championships have been won by the Soviet Union, Russia, or Sweden.
- This view has been criticized by some scholars, but is now broadly accepted by most authors of general books on Indian art.
- This claim has been questioned by some archaeologists, who note that Noric steel, was famous in the Roman Empire period.
- Neither nominee has yet been confirmed by the Senate.
- He is very appreciated by the Algerian women.
- Enron Wind is unlikely to take any action if real progress is made by this Friday.
- A calamity was avoided by sheer luck.
- Acid strength is commonly measured by two methods.
- All trademarks are owned by their respective companies.
- These children are neglected by their parents
- This service has been well received by our customers.
- Terrestrial life was well established by the Carboniferous period.
- His story was borne out by the facts.
- However, inside current computational ranges (such as the counts of Carmichael numbers performed by Pinch up to 1021), these conjectures are not yet borne out by the data.
- It is published by email.
- We are related by blood.
- Milk is sold by the pint.
- Rice is sold by the kilogram.
- Tom is paid by the hour.
- The apples are sold by the dozen.
- In Japan, we are paid by the month.
- Yeah, this association was only established by our autopsy findings.
- They came early, while the rest were simply tempted by the rewards.
- They're political because they are informed by societal patriarchal principles.
- He is handicapped by poor health.
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| ID: |
PASSIVE_VOICE_SIMPLE [2]
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| Version: |
6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-21 22:33:08 +0100)
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