In a popular and otherwise helpful book, “ On Writing,” the prolific Stephen King refers to the “passive tense,” a mistake since active and passive can be expressed in any sequence of time.

A MEMBER of Jose Carrillo’s Forum who goes by the user name Baklis asked me this tough question recently: “How does the perfect tense in the passive voice differ from the perfect tense in the active ...

The voice of the verb is distinct from its tense. Don't confuse the passive voice with the past tense. (Sentence 2 happens to be in the past tense, but 3 is not; both 2 and 3 are in the passive voice.

The passive voice is, after all, grammatically correct. But there's a reason that public relations and communications professionals write in an active voice rather than a passive voice.

Passive: The toy was chewed by the puppy. Passive: The toy was chewed. To create the passive voice, add the verb 'to be' (in the correct tense) and then the main verb. Often a preposition ...

Using the active voice emphasizes the person or agent who performs an action. Using the passive voice emphasizes the recipient of the action, or sometimes the action itself. Take a look at the ...

If we were to recast this sentence in the active voice, we would be forced to say who, exactly, thinks June is so fab: “One highly suggestible drunk guy June met at a bus stop considers June the ...

And he celebrates the fact that The Aeneid and Moby-Dick begin with the active voice. But Melville begins Billy Budd with a passive, and -- pace Virgil -- condemning the passive voice is a 20th ...

Active voice: The security guard stopped the intruder. In the passive voice version, the subject of the sentence, “the visitor,” is being acted upon.