What's a good way to determine passive voice

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by jsl » Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:04 am
I find the best way is to learn to determine the subject and verb in a phrase/sentence. Once you identify each of them, see which one comes first; if the verb comes first, it indicates the sentence is in the passive voice.

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