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Exercise: Using the passive voice

Use the passive voice to avoid using personal language.

Avoid using personal pronouns in these sentences by reconstructing them in the passive voice.

We boiled the chemical compound for three hours.

I telephoned all the survey respondents for further feedback.


We use animals for food and clothing.


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