Timeline for When do you use the passive form?
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| Mar 7, 2016 at 13:23 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | I don't think about it whatsoever. In other words, during a conversation, I never think to myself, "Now's a good time to use the passive voice," or, "This would be a good time to switch to the active voice." I just talk. | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 12:48 | answer | added | ssav | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 12:39 | answer | added | JavaLatte | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 12:00 | comment | added | Schwale | I'm not a native speaker, but from what I've seen, it depends whether you want a certain word to be subject of the sentence or speech so that it fits with the topic and flow of the text/speech. The choice is often made by stylistic reasons. | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 11:19 | history | edited | CowperKettle | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 7, 2016 at 11:16 | history | asked | 박용현 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |