5.4 Active Voice (Obj. 4)
Your Task. Business writing is more forceful when it uses activevoice verbs. Revise the following sentences so that verbs are in the active voice. Put the emphasis on the doer of the action. Add subjects if necessary.
Example Antivirus software was installed on her computer.
Revision Madison installed antivirus software on her computer.
a. To protect students, laws were passed in many states that prohibited the use of social security numbers as identification.
b. Software was installed to track how much time employees spend surfing the Web.
c. Checks are processed more quickly by banks because of new regulations.
d. Millions of packages are scanned by FedEx every night as packages stream through its Memphis hub.
e. Companies are being advised by analysts that tablet computers have to be replaced more often than PCs.
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