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chads108

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Which of the following statements about the passive voice is correct?
 
  a. A sentence using the passive voice typically has a very different meaning than a sentence using the active voice.
  b. We use the passive voice and the active voice equally often in English.
  c. People understand a sentence more quickly if the sentence is active, rather than passive.
  d. Writing manuals often encourage scientists to write in the passive voice in order to appear more scholarly.

Question 2

According to the research on understanding sentences,
 
  a. negative sentences are easier to understand than affirmative sentences.
  b. when a sentence has several negative terms, people's understanding of the sentence is only slightly better than guessing or chance level.
  c. ambiguous sentences are easy to understand, unless they are in the passive voice.
  d. the voice of a sentence (active vs. passive) does not influence understanding.



jazzlynnnnn

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: c

Answer to Question 2

Ans: b



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