Writing in the active voice makes the meaning clear while keeping sentences from becoming complicated and wordy. Sentences using passive voice are not necessarily wrong, just less effective than ...

Denying feelings of anger is classic passive-aggressive behavior. Rather than being upfront and honest when questioned about their feelings, the passive-aggressive person insists, "I'm not mad," even ...

THERE are times when we just feel that even the passive voice falls short of giving us the desired emphasis for what we want to say. That's when we take recourse to a peculiar grammar device that we ...