Passive Voice (Belajar English)

Passive Voice v   Use of Passive Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action. Example: My bike was stolen. In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it. Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows: Example: A mistake was made. In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.). v   Form of Passive Subject...

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TELLING PREFERENCES (belajar English)

Structure II TELLING PREFERENCES There are some ways we can use to show our preferences.  Using the following expressions we want to show our own preferences. Personally, we think that something or doing something is better than others, so we’d like to take it or to do it. A.    Subject+like + noun/gerunds + better than + noun/gerunds. -          I like reading better than writing. -          My nephew likes apples better than watermelons. -          My...

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