Which is the better way to compose your research; the direct, bold language of active voice, or the objective, nuanced tone of passive voice? We’ve gathered two expert wordsmiths from the world of ...

We refer to a sentence as being in the "active voice" when the subject is performing the action of the sentence (the verb). A sentence is in the "passive voice" when the subject is being acted upon by ...

Active voice would give you a sentence like the cat (agent/subject) chased the mouse (patient/object). In the passive voice, ...