Monday, April 20, 2015

sentence construction - Why do native speaker tend to use passive voice?


I found native people prefer to use passive voice in a sentence.


For example:



Tonight's moon can be seen from anywhere worldwide.


We have reason to believe that progress can be made.




Be honest, it's difficult for an English learner to understand.


Why not phrase it this way:



We can see the moon from anywhere worldwide.



In which cases do people prefer to use passive voice rather than active voice?




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