Passive voice emphasizes receivers of actions from "summary" of Basic English Grammar For Dummies - UK by Geraldine Woods
Passive voice is a construction in which the receiver of an action is the grammatical subject of a sentence. This means that the focus is on the person or thing that is affected by the action rather than the person or thing that is performing the action. For example, in the sentence "The cake was eaten by John," the focus is on the cake (the receiver of the action) rather than John (the performer of the action).
By using passive voice, writers can emphasize the receiver of the action and downplay the performer. This can be useful in situations where the performer is unknown, unimportant, or already known to the reader. For example, in a scientific paper, the focus may be on the results of an experiment rather than the person who conducted the experiment. In this case, passive voice allows the writ...
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