cherries5451
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Hi!
Could someone please explain the difference between these sentences?
"When water boils, it turns into steam."
and
"When water is boiled, it turns into steam."
I'm interested in the explanation why an active construction sounds better than the passive one. I found similar examples with this phrase "when water is boiled, it turns/becomes/gets...", so it is not a mistake to use the second sentence. But somehow the first one sounds better to me. Why?
Thanks!
Could someone please explain the difference between these sentences?
"When water boils, it turns into steam."
and
"When water is boiled, it turns into steam."
I'm interested in the explanation why an active construction sounds better than the passive one. I found similar examples with this phrase "when water is boiled, it turns/becomes/gets...", so it is not a mistake to use the second sentence. But somehow the first one sounds better to me. Why?
Thanks!