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The Style Report is one of the most popular and comprehensive reports that ProWritingAid offers. It highlights several areas of writing that should be revised to improve readability, including passive voice, overuse of adverbs, hidden verbs, overused words, clunky phrasing, repeated sentence starts, and more.

Passive Voice Examples and How to Make Them Active

Wondering how to fix a sentence that uses passive voice? In this article, we share examples of passive voice sentences and explain how to fix them, both by yourself and by using a grammar checker like ProWritingAid. Learn how to change passive voice into active voice and improve your writing.

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How Passive Voice can be Dangerous

Passive voice can be dangerous, especially when it comes to how society views responsibility within a crime. We take a stand against passive voice once and for all.

How to Improve Your Business Writing

Business writing is notorious for bloated, business-speak nonsense. Strong business writing can propel both careers and businesses. It’s the channel that transmits nearly all business work and insight and interaction. It flows up, down, laterally, internally, and externally to customers. It’s the foundation of business - so why isn't it better?

4 Easy Ways to Improve Your Writing

One of the biggest problems that creative people face is how to take their imagined ideas and communicate them clearly and effectively in writing. I dread to think how many incredible adventures, concepts, and viewpoints are locked up in the brains of people who struggle with the technical elements of writing. The part of the brain that we use for imaginative thinking is quite different from the part that actually crafts the sentences. And the quickest way to lose a reader’s confidence—even if your ideas are water-tight—is to present them with clumsy, awkward, error-filled writing.

Tips on Line and Copy Editing

Literary agents are the gatekeepers of the publishing world. Their verdict on a five-page submission can make or break an author’s dreams. It’s critical to ensure your submission catches an agent’s eye and doesn’t immediately get passed upon.

What is Passive Voice and How Do I Make It Active?

Passive voice occurs when you take the object of your sentence—the part that the action happens to—and make it the subject of your sentence. Here are some examples: - **Passive**: *The flag was raised by the troops.* - **Active**: *The troops raised the flag.*

Passive Voice vs Active Voice: What's the Difference?

What is the passive voice, anyway? As writers, we know that the passive voice is bad. But why? And if it is so bad, how do we fix it? We take a look at what the passive voice is and a new feature to fix it in ProWritingAid.

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This practical guide contains 20 important writing tips and techniques from a wide range of professional writers. Some focus on the minutia of specific word selection; others focus on the more complex ideas like finding the right metaphor, policing your work for Purple Prose, or figuring out when it’s time to send it off to potential publishers.

Passive Voice: Is It ALL Bad?

Is passive voice always bad? Maybe not. Here are a few instances where you might want to use it.

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How to Improve Your Style with ProWritingAid's Writing Style Report

Do you know all the ways to edit your work for better readability and a clearer writing style? ProWritingAid's Writing Style Report checks for a multitude of improvements you can make to strengthen and clarify your writing. Let’s look deeper at this most popular and comprehensive report.

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How Passive Voice can be Dangerous

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What is Passive Voice and How Do I Make It Active?

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FREE EBOOK: 20 Editing Tips from Professional Writers

Passive Voice: Is It ALL Bad?

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Articles about passive voice

The Writing Process

Blogging and Content Writing

Grammar Rules

Business Writing

Writing Apps

How to Use ProWritingAid

ProWritingAid in the Classroom

ProWritingAid For Deep Edits

How to use ProWritingAid's Style Report

Passive Voice Examples and How to Make Them Active

How ProWritingAid Can Help You Communicate Clearly and Concisely

How Passive Voice can be Dangerous

How to Improve Your Business Writing

4 Easy Ways to Improve Your Writing

Tips on Line and Copy Editing

What is Passive Voice and How Do I Make It Active?

Passive Voice vs Active Voice: What's the Difference?

10 Mistakes you are making with your grammar and how to fix them.

FREE EBOOK: 20 Editing Tips from Professional Writers

Passive Voice: Is It ALL Bad?

Why an Editing Tool is Like a Hovering Librarian

How to Improve Your Style with ProWritingAid's Writing Style Report

Grammar Guide

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