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That isn't what passive voice means. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_voice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_voice: For example, in the passive
by stickfigure 4y ago
That isn't what passive voice means. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_voice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_voice:
For example, in the passive sentence "The tree was pulled down", the subject (the tree) denotes the patient rather than the agent of the action. In contrast, the sentences "Someone pulled down the tree" and "The tree is down" are active sentences.
- shadowvanned 4y agoThanks, E. B. White. The parent poster meant that the tone was passive, and I think everyone understood that.
- stickfigure 4y agoI don't even agree with that point. "Some of you will leave Shopify today" is a lot more blunt than the quasi-euphemistic term "laid off". Someone is really stretching for outrage.