LESSON 89.
MODIFICATION OF VERBS.
VOICE.
+Hints for Oral Instruction+.—I picked the rose. I will tell the same thing in another way. The rose was picked by me. The first verb picked shows that the subject I represents the actor, and the second form of the verb, was picked, shows that the subject names the thing acted upon. This change in the form of the verb is called +Voice+. The first form is called the +Active Voice+; and the second, the +Passive Voice+.
The passive form is very convenient when we wish to assert an action without naming any actor. Money is coined is better than somebody coins money.