Have you ever thought about what your life is made of?

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Have you ever thought about what your life is made of?

I've checked the sentence above on grammarly.com to see whether I wrote it correctly. It seems I shouldn't write in the passive voice. But when I google "is made of", I found it in so many sentences. I know it's common.
Now, I have 2 questions:
1) Is it wrong to use "is made of"?
2) Is there any alternatives?
 

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That's not the passive voice. "Made" is an adjective; it uses the same form as the past participle.
 

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Are there any alternatives?
 

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1) No, absolutely not. Ignore Grammarly here. It's perfectly fine.
2) You don't need an alternative. If you mean 'is made of', then say 'is made of'.
 

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That's not the passive voice. "Made" is an adjective; it uses the same form as the past participle.

I think it is the passive voice.

When you think of 'made' as being an adjective rather than a verb, you're thinking that it denotes a state, right?
 
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