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    yesterday me and my friend talked about passive voice I said you can form it from future tense he said there is no passive can form from future tense.

    so, who is he right?

    and what about these sentences.....

    I will visit you.......active

    you will be visited.....passive

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    The passive is used more in formal writing than in casual speech; but a style guide will tell you to avoid the passive whenever you can. It's often a sign of bad, sloppy writing.

    You are right. The passive can be used in the future, just as easily as in the past or present.

    That movie will be shown on Channel 12 tonight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by diplomacy View Post
    yesterday me and my friend talked about passive voice I said you can form it from future tense he said there is no passive can form from future tense.

    so, who is he right?

    and what about these sentences.....

    I will visit you.......active

    you will be visited.....passive

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    thank you so much.

    would you mind open.......or......opening.....the door


    which one is correct?

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