Scandinavian languages (Swedish, Danish, Norweigan, etc.) use the SVO format, but they switch to VSO when forming a question. SentenceĮnglish, Kashmiri, Arabic, Finnish, Russian, Chinese, Bulgarian, Khmer, Luganda, Yoruba, Quiche, Javanese, Malay, Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese, Swahili, and Hebrew In English, in most sentences, the order is: Subject- Verb- Object, or SVO. This is a sort of code to describe the order of things. To tell the difference between S (subjects) and O (objects), it can be helpful to know that English is an SVO language. The cake is the object, because it is affected by the action. O (Object) = the person, place or thing which is affected by an event or action. Sam is the subject, because he performs the action. S (Subject) = the person, place or thing that the sentence is about. The key lies in the action of the sentence: knowing who/what is performing (subject), and who/what is affected (object). This can be a tough challenge even for native English speakers. Understanding the difference between objects and subjects will help you understand the passive voice. We decided to take Microsoft up on its suggestion, and to try "consider revising". Often, this error is not understood, and therefore we ignore it. Double-clicking on those errors prompts a “Passive Voice (consider revising)” message from Word's grammar checker. Microsoft Word’s grammar check consistently places green squiggly lines underneath places where we have used the passive voice. or never really understood in the first place.
Yet this is one grammar lesson in particular that we all seemed to have forgotten. We learned in school that good writers should avoid using the passive voice.
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