Is Using Passive Voice Bad Writing?
Adjusting your readers’ focus.
Do you think the active sentence "The boy chases the girl" is better (or more correct) than the passive "The girl was chased by the boy," as many online grammar checkers would want you to believe?
No, it is not. Because writing in the passive voice is a stylistic choice.
And the choice is yours to make.
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