By whom was this sad news given to her? active voice
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Explanation:
d academic and business/professional style to write in the active voice. The active voice helps the writer clearly identify who or what is the agent (the subject-actor) of the sentence. The active voice also encourages the writer to use more specific verbs. However, it is never a good idea to write all of your sentences in a single style because doing so may produce a rhythmic effect that dulls the attention of the reader. One of the ways of varying your sentence style is by using the passive voice.
However, when the writer doesn’t know who the agent is or if the agent has already been clearly established or is generally agreed upon to both the writer and the readers, the passive voice should be used.
Examples:
A newspaper article covering a fire in a warehouse may say:
“The Fire Chief suspects that the fire was started by an arsonist.”
In this case, the exact arsonist is not known.
An academic article on the Christian Crusades may say:
Towns were routinely burned to the ground and residents driven from their homes.
In this case, the reader is well aware that the agents are Christian Crusaders.
But there are also rhetorical reasons for using the passive voice. In these cases, the active voice could have been chosen, but the writer chooses the passive voice to take attention away from the agent.
A writer may use the passive voice to intentionally obscure (hide) the responsible agent.
In business or professional writing, a company representative or a professional may have to deliver bad news to a client, an employee, a potential employee, a colleague, or a customer and may want to avoid taking responsibility or blame for an undesirable action. A business letter delivering bad news may begin with a sentence such as:
“I regret to inform you that