Active Voice
Definition:
Active voice is a voice that indicates a subject has the semantic function of actor.
Examples:
(English)
The following sentence construction is in active voice. The subject Jones has the semantic function of actor.
The above active construction contrasts with the following construction in passive voice, where Jones has the semantic function of actor but house is the subject:
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Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.