how do i rewrite "it would have been fixed on the weekend" from passive to active
uhm, it will be fixed this weekend. ?
i might say During the weekend, it was fixed. @Compassionate do you agree?
No and no. Active voice is when the subject of a sentence is performing an action on the object of the sentence. Sam hit the ball. That sentence is active because the subject (Sam) is performing an action (hitting) on the object (the ball). Passive voice is when the object of the sentence in a way takes the position of the subject by having the action performed upon it. The ball was hit by Sam. That sentence is passive because the object (the ball) is having the action (being hit) performed on it by the subject (Sam). Note Sam is no longer doing something directly; he is passive. In order to rewrite a sentence so that it is active voice you must make the subject perform the action. This is very difficult in the sentence you have here, because the subject is not mentioned. More accurately, 'it' is the subject of the sentence, but the action of the sentence is being performed upon it. In order to rewrite this sentence in active voice, you need to state who is doing the fixing. For instance: Sam would have fixed it this weekend. You can see in the answers by the other two users that they are using passive voice too. It will be fixed ... The action is being performed on 'it'; 'it' is not performing an action so it's passive. ... it was fixed. Again, 'it' is not performing the action so this is passive. Add who or whatever is performing the action to the sentence and rewrite.
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