passive voice

1. (uncountable, usually)The form of a transitive verb in which its subject receives the action.

   The passive voice is sometimes criticized for de-emphasizing the actor.

   Many languages, including English, use auxiliary verbs in constructing the passive voice.

   Leideform, Leidform, Leidensform

   страда́тельный зало́гstradátelʹnyj zalóg, пасси́вpassív, пасси́вный зало́гpassívnyj zalóg

   паси́вний станpasývnyj stan, паси́вpasýv

   the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb

2. (proscribed, uncountable, usually)Any writing which obscures the identity of the perpetrator of an action, regardless of whether the sentence uses the passive form of a verb.

   Phrases such as officer-involved shooting are often criticized as examples of passive voice.

1. That is not the passive voice.

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2. The passive voice has been used.

   ruБыл использован страдательный залог. — Ooneykcall

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3. We preferred not to use the passive voice.

   deWir haben lieber kein Passiv benutzt. — felix63

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4. Why are there so many sentences written in passive voice?

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5. The grammar section includes the passive voice of the present perfect.

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uncountable