Coding passive voice detection
Several years back, my colleague Ben and I developed a Chrome extension for editorial quality assurance... then we thought, 'it'd be cool if this could detect passive voice'...
Sentences that can’t be passive voice
There are certain sentences that simply cannot be rephrased in passive voice. Again, I'm not talking about a vibe... It's a grammatical thing. Consider this: Active: He is going to become an editor. Try and make that passive... An editor is going to be become by him? The thing is, the subject and the object [...]
Active vs passive voice
If you've ever been to a plain English or web-writing course, or read any of the 'how-tos', or the 'please-don'ts' on the subject, you would be aware, that generally, the imperative is: write in active voice!