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    Active voice places the subject of the sentence as the performer of the action, while passive voice places the object of the active sentence as the subject and uses the past participle of the verb. Indefinite subjects like "people", "they", "men", "women" refer to plural ideas without specifying a particular group, and can be used to change sentences from active to passive voice by making the object the subject.

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    Active voice places the subject of the sentence as the performer of the action, while passive voice places the object of the active sentence as the subject and uses the past participle of the verb. Indefinite subjects like "people", "they", "men", "women" refer to plural ideas without specifying a particular group, and can be used to change sentences from active to passive voice by making the object the subject.

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    Active voice places the subject of the sentence as the performer of the action, while passive voice places the object of the active sentence as the subject and uses the past participle of the verb. Indefinite subjects like "people", "they", "men", "women" refer to plural ideas without specifying a particular group, and can be used to change sentences from active to passive voice by making the object the subject.

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    Active voice: Subject + verb + object Subject = does the action Object = suffers the action

    I speak English. reverse subject + object English is spoken (by me) passive voice: Object + + verb p.p. (by subject)

    Indefinite subjects: people They Men Women

    (plural idea without talking abt a specific group of people)

    They buy things. Things are bought People eat a lot of meat A lot of meat is eaten.

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