Do English natives use the passive voice in spoken English?

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Yes, but less frequently than in written English. It's often used for emphasis or when the doer is unknown or less important.
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Yes, but less frequently than in written English. It's often used for emphasis or when the doer is unknown or less important.
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Renu sundriyal Yes, but less frequently than in written English. It's often used for emphasis or when the doer is unknown or less important.
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Yes they use but very less frequently
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Renu sundriyal Yes, but less frequently than in written English. It's often used for emphasis or when the doer is unknown or less important.
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Renu sundriyal Yes, but less frequently than in written English. It's often used for emphasis or when the doer is unknown or less important.
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Yes, English native speakers use the passive voice in spoken English, but it's less common than in formal writing. The passive voice is a matter of style and can be used in certain situations to make writing and speaking sound less aggressive, to convey politeness, or to emphasize the action or the thing...
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Yes, English native speakers use the passive voice in spoken English, but it's less common than in formal writing.The passive voice is a matter of style and can be used in certain situations to make writing and speaking sound less aggressive, to convey politeness, or to emphasize the action or the thing receiving the action: read less
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Yes, English natives do use the passive voice in spoken English, though it might be less common than in written forms. It can be useful for emphasizing the action or the receiver of the action rather than the doer. For example, someone might say, "The cake was eaten by the kids" to focus on the cake...
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Yes, English natives do use the passive voice in spoken English, though it might be less common than in written forms. It can be useful for emphasizing the action or the receiver of the action rather than the doer. For example, someone might say, "The cake was eaten by the kids" to focus on the cake and its state rather than who ate it. read less
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Not only English natives, throughout the world everyone uses passive sentences. Sometimes when there no importance or when we do not know the doe, we use and we have to and we would better use passive patterns. Ex. A lady was murdered yesterday. We do not know who murdered, then passive is suitable...
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Not only English natives, throughout the world everyone uses passive sentences. Sometimes when there no importance or when we do not know the doe, we use and we have to and we would better use passive patterns. Ex. A lady was murdered yesterday. We do not know who murdered, then passive is suitable read less
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