While there isn’t a specific passive voice checker in Microsoft Word, it is an option that is part of the grammar checker. But if you have been trying to find passive voice in Word and haven’t found anything when you check for grammar, then it’s likely that the option isn’t turne...
Word 关闭 Passive Voice Sheryl prefers passive voice for some of her writing (such as business documents and correspondence) rather than active voice. The grammar checker on Word always marks instances of passive voice. Sheryl would like to turn off the portion of the grammar checker that checks...
Passive voice is a writing style. Majority of the writing experts don’t like to use the passive voice, but sometimes it’s necessary to use the passive voice. A common sentence is an active voice, but when the object is written before the verb and subject is at the end, the sentence ...
Do You Need a Passive Voice Checker? Most writing will expect you to use the “active voice” rather than “passive voice”. Usually, when we discuss something, the thing or person taking the action will come first followed by the verb and then the thing that is acted upon. For example:...
You’ve probably heard of the passive voice—perhaps in a comment from an English teacher or in the grammar checker of a word processor. In both of these instances, you were (likely) guided away from the passive voice. Why is this the case? Why is the passive voice so hated? After al...
When do I use passive voice?In some sentences, passive voice can be perfectly acceptable. You might use it in the following cases:1.The actor is unknown:The cave paintings of Lascaux were made in the Upper Old Stone Age. (We don’t know who made them.)2.The actor is irrelevant:An ...
Passive voice is commonly a skilled writing style because it makes it confusing who or what is performing the action. At the start of the passive sentence, the person, or thing acted on is used first, supported by the actor which is used at the end, inserted with the function word “by...
Microsoft Word’s grammar check consistently places green squiggly lines underneath places where we have used the passive voice. Double-clicking on those errors prompts a “Passive Voice (consider revising)” message from Word'sgrammar checker. ...
“by us” or “by the researchers” seems redundant as the researchers are necessarily the ones carrying out the operations of a study. Also, note that by eliminating the agent we have also decreased the word count, which makes the passive construction leaner than the active voice in this ...
1. Search for the word, by 2. Use the Hemmingway editor 3. Use a grammar checker 4. Beware of the causative passive 5. Use stronger verbs 6. Use the imperative 7. When to use the passive voice 8. Be alert when you proofread ...