All of the Following Statements About Active and Passive Voice

question 5

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements about active and passive voice are true except

• A) Active voice means that the subject is acting.
• B) Passive voice means that the subject is acted on.
• C) Passive voice is preferred for most writing because it is direct and energetic.
• D) Passive voice uses a form of the helping verb be .

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Definitions:

Behavioral Economics

The branch of economic theory that combines insights from economics, psychology, and biology to make more accurate predictions about human behavior than conventional neoclassical economics, which is hampered by its core assumptions that people are fundamentally rational and almost entirely self-interested. Behavioral economics can explain framing effects, anchoring, mental accounting, the endowment effect, status quo bias, time inconsistency, and loss aversion.

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