Passive voice

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Passive voice
  1. Uses
    1. When the action is irrelevant.
      1. when the action is more important than the person who realize the action.
        1. The house was built in 1654. 
        2. Describe process.
          1. Chefs use these machines to mix the ingredients
          2. in rules and orders.
            1. the water is boiled
            2. When we want to make a statement in personal.
            3. When don't use it.
              1. In case you weren’t paying attention, the previous two sentences use the type of voice they describe.
                1. Intransitive verbs (verbs which do not take objects) cannot be used to form passive sentences.
                  1. come, die, go, happen, itch, occur, rain, rise, walk.
                2. object + be + past participle
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