Complete the definition of the active voice
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- Complete the statement
- The active voice is the form of a verb that represents the {0} as acting. Put another way, it makes the subject and the {1} the same word.
Section 209 defines it by which words coincide. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.