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If you want to be more formal in speech or in writing, you can use the
impersonal passive.
Instead of saying ‘People think that drugs are dangerous’, which is the
active form, we can say ‘It is thought that drugs are dangerous’. We can
also use ‘Drugs are thought to be dangerous’.
Instead of using said or thought, you can use believed, claimed, estimated
or other reporting verbs.
1. a) It is said that classical music is the most mathematical of all music.
2. b) Classical music is said to be the most mathematical of all music.