http://WriteAtHome.com Grammar Lesson – Active and Passive Voice. Brian Wasko of WriteAtHome explains the often confused concept of active and passive voice. Plus, he gives some tips for how to write free of misconceptions on the subject. http://blog.writeathome.com
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This is great, thank you
I am not sure why, but I always find this confusing, so much to that if I think about it too much I begin to dislike my writing. When I just let it go and write whatever comes out of my mind I find a better flow in my writing, and especially ideas and plot. I don't know…maybe it's a preference thing, or my influences?
I wish I had a better grasp on this.
good video. I am writing an anthology piece for a local writing group and I am using too much passive and not enough active. your video cleared the matter up.
Really easiest way Thanks
This is helpful; I'm sending it to the homeschool teachers in my class. One question: Did you mean faun, as in the mythological creature, half-man and half-goat, or fawn, as in young deer? I had to look it up because it seemed you meant fawn.
Great video
Thank you so much. This video was so helpful. I am working on my first rough draft and am finding it show up in my grammar check. I realize  grammar check does not get the final say but now I understand the purpose and reason for both and it makes sense. Thank  you again sir.
I have that same copy of The Fountainhead on my bookshelf (second shelf from the top on the right.) Â My copy of Atlas Shrugged is hardcover in green fabric from 1957, passed down from my grandmother.
To the story-teller 'Imagination,imagination,imagination'. To the editor 'sense,tense and punctuation'. Great published writers seem to wear both caps! A friend of mine writes beautiful church sermons. When I suggested he should write a book, he replied, 'I have no imagination.' With me, it's the 'sense,tense and punctuation' thing! My wife breaks into derisive laughter when I ask her to read my masterpiece! Why? Anyone else got the same problem?
I just used your video (and cited of course) for one of my classes. Appreciate the video!
Thanks man. 🙂
Very much LOVE this! What
Super! 🙂
Sorry, brobi338. Try watching it over a couple times. More examples would be tedious.
You are welcome.
quite helpful 🙂
Thank you so much you really helped me a lot.
great video!
Thanks for this! My prof is super anti passive voice so this is super helpful.
Exceptionally well made, informative and enlightening. Sub'd you. THANKS for the dedication and high-quality.
boys and girls? I'm 44.
Great lesson: can the active and passive be applied to all the tenses in English? cheers
thanks brian !!!!
uve helped me alot 😀
Excellent and to the point.
That's good, heywood. Too much intro. Thanks.
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Happy to help, Alfonso.
Trash talking? I don't remember doing any trash talking on this video.
"If I wanted to give more examples, I'd rock your example-needing world! Nobody gives active and passive voice examples like me! I'm the king of examples! I got examples that will make your sorry, non-grammatical head spin. You better hope I never have to bring more examples up in here, or it's gonna be a day you won't ever forget! It won't come passive either. Believe that."
Now THAT'S what I call trash-talking.
I'm sry ,TOO much trash talking, we need more examples
Glad it helped you, Zach. And I'm glad you liked the MC Hammer reference. It's definitely on the corny side. 🙂
Great video. It really helped me a lot! Also, excellent use of MC Hammer's Cant Touch This.
STOP! Its grammar time!
I loved it.
Thanks dawg!
New topic suggestion: "How to earn money with passive voice" 🙂
Answer – rewrite articles in passive voice and sell them to website owners. 😉
That's a spell checker. I keep those on for the same reasons (unfortunately, they don't catch mistypings when you mistype a real word — like "the" instead of "they" — because spell-checkers don't understand context either. 🙂
Thanks for the support. It's been a while since I've done a video. I have lots more planned though. Feel free to suggest topics.