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2. Passive voice digunakan
ketika doer of action tidak penting untuk disebutkan
(misalnya karena pelaku aksi tersebut sudah jelas / bisa ditebak atau merujuk
kepada orang secara umum).
Active Passive
In Japan, (someone) made this paper art. That paper art was made in Japan (by someone).
(Di Jepang, (seseorang) membuat kertas ini.) (Kertas itu dibuat di Jepang (oleh seseorang.))
(People) In Columbia speak Spanish. Spanish is spoken in Columbia (by people).
(Orang-orang di negara Kolumbia berbicara (Bahasa Spanyol digunakan di Columbia (oleh
bahasa Spanyol.) orang-orang.))
(People) In many countries grow rice.
Rice is grown in many countries. (by them)
((Orang-orang) di banyak negara menanam
(Padi ditanam di banyak negara (oleh mereka).)
padi.
The teacher instructed the students to solve The students were instructed to solve the math
the math problem. problem.
(Guru itu memerintahkan para siswa untuk (Para siswa diperintahkan untuk menyelesaikan
menyelesaikan soal matematika.) soal matematika.)
4. Passive voice digunakan sebagai variasi pada tulisan (misalnya pelaku aksi telah disebutkan pada
kalimat sebelumnya).
Active Passive
The investigators knew that she had returned
The investigators knew that she had returned to
to Indonesia. They arrested her yesterday.
Indonesia. She was arrested yesterday.
(Para penyelidik tahu bahwa dia telah
(Para penyelidik tahu bahwa dia telah kembali ke
kembali ke Indonesia. Mereka menahannya
Indonesia. Dia ditahan kemarin.)
kemarin.)
In the first phase, glass ingredients are put into a melting furnace. This produces molten glass.
Next, the molten glass is gently poured into a tank of molten tin. This tank is called a float bath
because a layer of molten glass floats on the surface of the molten tin. Molten tin is used in the
float bath because it has a smooth, mirror-like surface. The molten glass can be made thicker or
thinner by controlling how fast it flows through the float bath.
The flat layer of glass is then moved along rollers and cooled very slowly in a low tunnel called
a lehr. In the next phase, the glass is washed and then cut into sheets using diamond wheel
cutters. Finally, the sheets of glass is washed and then cut into sheets using diamond wheel
cutters. Finally, the sheets of glass are stacked together and taken to the warehouse.