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What is a passive?

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The term 'passive' has a few distinct meanings: 1: lacking in energy or will; 2: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; 3: expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; 4: peacefully resistant in response to injustice

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