Passive-voice Sentence Examples

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  • The old passive voice has become an impersonal active, each tense having one form only.

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  • One of the most common mistakes resume writers make is writing in the passive voice.

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  • Using passive voice makes it appear as though you are no longer able to perform the same tasks you once did.

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