Passive: “The treaty was signed by two generals.” Active: “Two generals signed the treaty.” In Modern English, New York University’s Marcella Frank provides a more academic treatment: “The active ...

Both sentence pairs make sense. Both describe the same facts. However, in each pair one sentence uses the active voice and one uses the passive voice. Which sentence would you use? That would ...

Writing in the active voice makes the meaning clear while keeping sentences from becoming complicated and wordy. Sentences using passive voice are not necessarily wrong, just less effective than ...

Passive speech is awkward and sometimes hard to understand. Let Word find your passive voice content and help you correct it.

Voice defines the relationship between subject and verb, who does what. Active, passive and “to be” verbs have different effects for the reader or listener.

How to Set Up Active & Passive Voice in Microsoft Word 2010. Microsoft Word 2010 can help punch up your document's prose by alerting you when you use passive voice in a sentence.