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Passive Voice [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2006, 12:20
I have seen a lot of SC questions where an option is wrong because it uses the Passive Voice. Is any option which uses the Passive Voice incorrect? Or is it just less preferred than Active Voice?

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Re: Passive Voice [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2006, 20:47
Well its not incorrect..I have came across many questions in which the answers are in Passive voice...Its just that Active voice is preferred much more in GMAT.
If you have to choose between a grammattical error and passive voice, go for the latter
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Re: Passive Voice [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2006, 20:57
another tip

If the action is more important than the subject then passive is better - again if everthing else is gramatically correct.
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Re: Passive Voice [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2006, 21:26
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If the action is more important than the subject then passive is better - again if everthing else is gramatically correct.


Could you give me an example of this? I'm not sure what you mean...

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Re: Passive Voice [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2006, 21:33
ellisje22 wrote:
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If the action is more important than the subject then passive is better - again if everthing else is gramatically correct.


Could you give me an example of this? I'm not sure what you mean...

I appreciate everyone's help!


for example

The igeneous rocks are formed after the solidification of molten lava.

who forms is not important , what and how is more important



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