What is the difference between active voice and passive voice?

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Active voice is the subject of the sentence is doing the actions and passive voice is the action is done on a subject active voice meaning clear and direct passive voice meaning is confusing and indirect
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In the active voice, the sentence's subject performs the action on the action's target. In the passive voice, the target of the action is the main focus, and the verb acts upon the subject.
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In active voice the subject performs action whereas in passive voice the subject recieves the action.active voice:kitty knocked over the lamp.passive voice:The lamp was knocked over by Jerry
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Active voice is the subject of the sentence is doing the actions and passive voice is the action is done on a subject active voice meaning clear and direct passive voice meaning is confusing and indirect
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