Passive or active voice
The film has often been praised for its stark realism. Is this sentence in the active or passive voice?
Mary
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It is passive. "has been praised"
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answered May 24 '12 at 09:07
alavi
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Thank you for your response. However, Grammarly classifies the sentence as active. I thought is may have something to do with the fact that the film itself has stark realism - the fact it's praised is just modifying the clause "The film has stark realism". Any further thoughts?
add commentIf in the verb part, Be + Past participle form of the verb is found, it is sure that it is passive.
The same is the case in your sentence: "been praised", so it is passive.
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answered May 24 '12 at 10:19
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As Rahul and Lewis note, the sentence is passive.
I believe the Grammarly service does not recognize it as such because "often" splits "has been". If you run the same sentence without "often", the service flags it as passive.
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answered May 24 '12 at 15:18
Jeff Pribyl
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Thank you all for your answers. The mystery is solved—I was confused with Grammarly not recognising it as passive.
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