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The passive voice is more common in ____ English.

The passive voice is more common in ____ English.

formal
colloquial
No difference


Votes: 232 Comments: 4 Added: November 2004
Comments:
thanuja - 25th November 2004 20:50
can you send me more intermidiat level work. thank you.
 
vince - 2nd December 2004 11:20
It's actually more common than you'd realise - quite universal in both: colloquial forms tend to use pasives with 'get' e.g. she got asked to leave, and formal forms tend to use 'be' e.g. she was asked to leave.
 
MrTrilby - 1st February 2006 12:14
Sadly common, but best avoided, in formal English.
 
rama - 21st November 2007 05:09
hai
 
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