How To: Escape the blame

Have you heard of passive and active sentences? I remember that, at first, it was kind of a hard concept to grasp… but the interesting thing is that passive sentences help the subject escape the blame.

If I say:

“John threw the ball”

You know that John was doing the action… so it’s an active sentence.

But, if I make it passive and say:

“The ball was thrown.”

It’s optional to say:

“The ball was thrown by John.”

So by making it passive we technically make “the ball” the new subject of our sentence and give John a break.

Why is this important? This could possibly help you be a little more critical when listening to politics and such. Where is the blame being put?

-Alisyn =)