jefferyrn posted: " I am wondering if my spell checker is trying to change me. I say this because of the new grammar feature. It is constantly telling me to consider revising my sentences because they are in passive voice. That's who I am or maybe that is something I do"
I am wondering if my spell checker is trying to change me. I say this because of the new grammar feature. It is constantly telling me to consider revising my sentences because they are in passive voice. That's who I am or maybe that is something I do need to change and not just in my sentences.
Maybe we should start with the definition of passive voice:
To identify passive voice, look at what happened and look at who was responsible for doing it. If the person or thing responsible for doing the actions is either omitted or occurs in the sentence AFTER the thing that happened, AND if you see a past participle straight after the form of "to be," it's passive voice.
Passive voice - Active voce would be the Lion ate the mouse. Either way the mouse loses.
That is my problem. I sort of write backwards, putting the cart before the horse. I have done this all my life. I used to say it was because I studied Spanish and their sentences tend to be constructed that way. This is done to avoid the use of possessive pronouns. There my be something to this after all. Rather than saying "my brother's wife", one could say "the wife of my brother" is the example I stole from the internet.
Now I am no linguist, but as a writer, I am grammar conscience. And I guess the feminine side of me makes me a little passive aggressive or more simply put the indecisive wife. "Whatever you want dear", but secretly desiring a specific choice. Learn to not use the passive voice could help me in all things not just correct grammar.
I am reading this back and seeing a lot of passive, maybes, etc., which further proves my point. I want to correct them going forward. Be is direct has never really been a problem for me. But I don't like to be aggressive. I need a voice in the middle. Let's call it the affirmative voice, as in affirmations off who I am and what I want in life. Shouldn't be too hard to work on. Maybe tomorrow. Today I am going to eat a muffin and drink more coffee and I affirm my desire to do so.
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