Mastering Passive Reporting Verbs in English Grammar

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Understanding Passive Reporting Structures

Reporting verbs are frequently used in the passive voice to convey information without explicitly stating the source, or when the source is unknown or unimportant. This grammatical structure is common in formal and academic writing.

There are two primary ways to express an idea using passive reporting verbs:

  • Subject + Passive of Reporting Verb + To-Infinitive:

    Active: People believe that thousands of birds died.

    Passive: Hundreds of thousands of birds are believed

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