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Writing with Andrew | What Is Passive Voice? Tips for Writers @WritingwithAndrew | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
Grumpy English teachers like to say that you should never use the passive voice, but it's not all bad. In this video, we explain passive voice, talk about why it has a bad reputation, and then go over some of the uses that passive voice has.


0:00 Introduction
0:31 What is passive voice?
2:38 What's wrong with passive voice?
5:08 The benefits of passive voice

7:11 Conclusion
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