Hromnak, Steven. "Active Voice" 09/27/2011 via Flickr. Attribution 2.0 Generic |
Active (specific) Active (general) Passive
- ruined - relates - will
- intrigued - lack - was (5)
- exacerbated - published (4) - may prove
- reject - lead (2) - could fix
- inflated - question - would (4)
- undermine - based - does (2)
- reiterate - wrote - are (6)
- named - have (5)
- connected - is (14)
- studying - to be (8)
- allowed - get (2)
- turns - find
- made (6) - seemed
- came (2) - show (2)
- hold (2) - Commenting
- used (2) - has (2)
- connecting - had (3)
- headed - drew
- analyze - relating
- conducted - comes
- produced - were
- reach - went
- combined - making
- examined - did
- applied - can be (2)
- contrasting - allows
- combining - causing
- provide - being (2)
- affects - should be (2)
- addressed - having
- fixed - become
- means (2) - seem
- skewed - moving
- insure
- finding
- close
- represents
- lie
- blame
- stands
- stems
- argues
- disagrees
- says (3)
- surrounds
- disagreeing
- proving
- mapping
- announces
- fund
- take
- uphold
- change
- increase
- acknowledge
- start
- arguing
- resolve
- reach
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Active or Inactive?
My verb usage is generally general and very rarely specific. There's much less passive voice then active, however, even the passive voiced verbs are of greater number than my specific active verbs. Generally I've learned that it is an exercise to really make an active engaging in verbs when trying to get information mostly across.
Improvements?
As the draft is now it could be improved by providing more specifically active verbs to give the actions a bit more solid sense and more of a gripping way of being told.
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