Active vs. Passive Voice (With Examples) | Manuscript Mentoring
www.manuscriptmentoring.com › active-vs-passiveJan 07, 2022 · Sentences written in the active voice are usually shorter and more to the point. This is due to the passive voice’s reliance on a conjugated form of to be (be, am, is, are, was, were, been, or being). Passive constructions also usually require a preposition. In our passive example, “The wall was climbed by James,” both was (past tense of ...