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Passive Voice

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 Passive Voice Definition Passive voice is a grammatical construction (grammatical form) in which the subject sentence does not take action, but instead receives the action (as a receiver of the action ). The action is followed up by another agent (as a doer of the action ) who can be mentioned or not. In contrast to the active voice, the subject is directly related to the verb by acting as the actor of the action. Active sentences may be changed to passive, especially active sentences that use a transitive verb (need to be followed by a direct object). Function In the English language, the passive voice is a sentence whose function is often underestimated. In fact, there are several functions of the passive voice that are crucial and cannot be replaced by the active voice. If you use active when passive is needed, you gonna embarrass yourself! You can see more about the passive voice function as follows. To explain sentences where a subject is an inanimate object The pa...

Letter Writing

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 Writing a letter A letter is a written message conveyed from one person (or group of people) to another through a medium-term usually excludes written material intended to be read in its original form by large numbers of people, such as newspapers and placards; however, even these may include material in the form of an " open letter ". Letters can be formal or informal. Besides being a means of communication and a store of information, letter writing has played a role in the reproduction of writing as art throughout history. Letters have been sent since antiquity and are mentioned in the Iliad . Historians Herodotus and Thucydides mention and use letters in their writings Social function : personal letters are letters that are written to people we know such as friends, parents, siblings, and cousins. letters are not only written to inform but strengthen the bond between two people writing to each other. Mail function Some of the functions include: Means of notifi...

Invitations

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Definition of Invitation Text in English We often hear the word invitation (invitation) but what is the true meaning of this invitation text? According to the language experts as outlined in his dictionaries, the invitation was determined: According to the Oxford Learner's Dictionary interpret "invitation" as follows: a spoken or written request to somebody to do something or to go somewhere. So "invitation" is a request either in the form of words or written to someone to do something or go somewhere. Simply explain what is an invitation? But to understand more here is a more comprehensive understanding of the invitation. According to vocabulary.com, invitations are: An invitation is a request, a solicitation, or an attempt to get another person to join you at a specific event. If we interpret it in Indonesian, an invitation is a request, invitation, or effort for others to be willing to join us at a certain event. Communicative Purpose Invitation Text in Engli...