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ERIC Number: EJ604691
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6291
Sentence Focus, Cohesion, and the Active and Passive Voices.
Robinson, William S.
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v27 n4 p440-45 May 2000
Outlines three criteria that justify using passive voice. Claims teaching sentence focus--keeping the topic of the sentence in the subject position--will accomplish the end of teaching the appropriate uses of active and passive voice (NH)
Descriptors: Grammar, Higher Education, Sentence Structure, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Composition Theory; Voice (Rhetoric); Voice (Verbs)