SBAND Seminar Materials 2013 Legal Writing: Jim Covington Presentation | Page 21

Passive voice
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“be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been” and a past participle (Schiess) “is discussed, were delivered, was sent” (usually ending in –ed) (Garner) A “by” phrase often signals passive voice (Ward)
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