2020-11-25
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด P –Passive Voice
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Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary
Passive Voice
There are legitimate uses for the passive voice:
“this absurd regulation was of course written by a committee.”
But it’s true
that you can make your prose more lively and readable
by using the active voice much more often.
“The victim was attacked by three men in ski masks”
isn’t nearly as striking
as “three men in ski masks attacked the victim.”
The passive voice is often used
to avoid taking responsibility for an action:
“my term paper was accidentally deleted”
avoids stating the truth:
“I accidentally deleted my term paper.”
Over-use of passive constructions isirritating,
though not necessarily erroneous.
But it does lead to real clumsiness
when passive constructions get piled on top of each other:
“no exception in the no-pets rule was sought to be created so that angora rabbits could be raised in the apartment”
can be made clearer by shifting to the active voice:
“the landlord refused to make an exception to the no-pets rule to allow Eliza to raise angora rabbits in the apartment.”
