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ASSIGNMENT ON CONTRACTIVE LANGUSTICS
3. Contrastive field:
In this paper, I only compare passive voice in English and Vietnamese in general
and illustrate by pointing out its attendance in examples
4. Comparative method:
This research is carried out chiefly in two-way comparative way.
II.CONTENT
1. Definition of passive voice
According to flwi.uln.edu (University Of Nebraska-Lincoln), passive voice is a
grammatical term indicating that a subject has something done to it rather than
performing the action itself; often, passive voice is considered weak writing and may,
therefore, be undesirable to many readers
Example: “The ball was thrown by the boy” in English
Or: “Quả bóng bị cậu bé ném đi” in Vietnamese