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title: "Why should I prefer to use passive voice?"
url: "https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice"
forum: "Foro Libre"
author: "Rey Issac"
published: "2023-01-03T01:40:42.000Z"
updated: "2023-12-18T01:42:18.000Z"
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# Why should I prefer to use passive voice?

In [Foro Libre](https://fcuba.net/forums/44-foro-libre.md), started by Rey Issac on 2023-01-03T01:40:42.000Z.

## Rey Issac, [2023-01-03T01:40:42.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-105159)

> Generally in Cuba we use to despite Passive voice, I don't know why but I hope, those reasons help you to change your mind.
> We gonna use passive voice when:
>
> 1-The actor is unknown:
> 2-The actor is irrelevant: ...
> 3-You want to be vague about who is responsible: ...
> 4-You are talking about a general truth: 5-You want to emphasize the person or thing acted on.
> 6-You are writing in a scientific genre that traditionally relies on passive voice.
> 7- actor is evident
> 8- You don't want to show who actor is

## w1re, [2023-01-03T05:31:12.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-105185)

> Not to be pedantic, but there are some grammatical errors worth noticing, considering the nature of this sub-forum:
>
> > **[Rey Issac](https://fcuba.net/posts/105159) wrote:**
> > Generally in Cuba we use to despite Passive voice
>
> Despise\*, or more appropriately: "We don't generally use passive voice in Cuba".
> (Why mention Cuba, specifically, though? Isn't this a language thing?)
>
> > **[Rey Issac](https://fcuba.net/posts/105159) wrote:**
> > I hope, those reasons help you to change your mind
>
> "I hope that these reasons help change your mind"
> (Still a weird thing to say in this context...)
>
> > **[Rey Issac](https://fcuba.net/posts/105159) wrote:**
> > We gonna use
>
> Drop the "gonna".
>
> > **[Rey Issac](https://fcuba.net/posts/105159) wrote:**
> > 8- You don't want to show who actor is
>
> ... who the actor is

## Rey Issac, [2023-01-03T06:56:39.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-105196)

> Por qué las personas son tan ignorantes? ?‍♂️, lo que escribí no está nada mal, en cambio deberías tu buscar e indagar, aprender un poco más del inglés, despite es el equivalente a despreciar, usamos these para referirnos a cosas que tenemos físicamente en la mano o podemos tocar, que yo sepa este conocimiento es intelectual no lo podemos tocar, por eso usamos "those" , y por último gonna es el futuro de "go" , sería el equivalente en español a "va a" o cualquier conjugación parecida. Si van a corregir corrijan con base, no con traductores

## w1re, [2023-01-03T14:26:18.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-105224)

> > **[Rey Issac](https://fcuba.net/posts/105196) wrote:**
> > despite es el equivalente a despreciar
>
> "Despite" is a preposition; the other definitions are obsolete. See for yourself:
>
> - Despite: <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/despite>
> - Despise: <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/despise>
>
> > **[Rey Issac](https://fcuba.net/posts/105196) wrote:**
> > tenemos físicamente en la mano o podemos tocar, que yo sepa este conocimiento es intelectual no lo podemos tocar, por eso usamos "those"
>
> Now, this is just plain wrong. Words are abstract, of course you can't touch them in the literal sense, but that's irrelevant. "Those" is the plural form of "that" as well as "these" is the plural of "this". Let me put it this way: would you say "that time the skies are gray" or "this time..."? [spoiler] Is "[spoiler] time" something you can touch?
>
> Also, we don't say "we're gonna do x" when we're already doing x. I mean, you could, but...
>
> EDIT: Typo. (I hate typing on a phone.)

## Rey Issac, [2023-01-03T14:34:43.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-105225)

> > **[w1re](https://fcuba.net/posts/105185) wrote:**
> > 
> > Not to be pedantic, but there are some grammatical errors worth noticing, considering the nature of this sub-forum:
> > 
> > Despise\*, or more appropriately: "We don't generally use passive voice in Cuba".
> > (Why mention Cuba, specifically, though? Isn't this a language thing?)
> > 
> > "I hope that these reasons help change your mind"
> > (Still a weird thing to say in this context...)
> > 
> > Drop the "gonna".
> > 
> > ... who the actor is
>
> > **[w1re](https://fcuba.net/posts/105224) wrote:**
> > 
> > "Despite" is a preposition; the other definitions are obsolete. See for yourself:
> > 
> > - Despite: <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/despite>
> > - Despise: <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/despise>
> > 
> > Now, this is just plain wrong. Words are abstract, of course you can't touch them in the literal sense, but that's irrelevant. "Those" is the plural form of "that" as well as "these" is the plural for "this". Let me put it this way: would you say "that time the skies are gray" or "this time..."? [spoiler] Is "[spoiler] time" something an you touch?
> > 
> > Also, we don't say "we're gonna do x" when we're already doing x. I mean, you could, but...
>
> Please, go to Google and find by yourself, I don't Kwon where did you learn all these things, but you are on time to learn well, good look

## Rey Issac, [2023-01-03T14:37:21.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-105226)

> Despite also means "despreciar", both are correct, but people are always find the way of find mistakes in others

## w1re, [2023-01-03T14:43:53.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-105235)

> > **[Rey Issac](https://fcuba.net/posts/105226) wrote:**
> > Despite also means "despreciar", both are correct, but people are always find the way of find mistakes in others
>
> Where did I say otherwise? I said such uses are obsolete, i.e. people no longer use it use that way.

## Rey Issac, [2023-01-03T14:45:41.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-105236)

> No matter if people use or not that way, English is just one and that way is right
>
> > **[w1re](https://fcuba.net/posts/105235) wrote:**
> > Where did I say otherwise? I said such uses are obsolete, i.e. people no longer use it use that way.
>
> o

## w1re, [2023-01-03T15:06:48.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-105242)

> > **[Rey Issac](https://fcuba.net/posts/105236) wrote:**
> > No matter if people use or not that way, English is just one and that way is right
>
> Now this is borderline philosophical.
>
> FFS do you listen to yourself? Languages don't exist in a vacuum. They are also not static; they evolve.
>
> Tangentially related, if I said the RAE -not the people- defines what Spanish is and is not, would you agree? I sure hope not.

## Emaleth, [2023-01-05T20:54:34.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-105600)

> > **[Rey Issac](https://fcuba.net/posts/105196) wrote:**
> > Por qué las personas son tan ignorantes? ?‍♂️, lo que escribí no está nada mal, en cambio deberías tu buscar e indagar, aprender un poco más del inglés, despite es el equivalente a despreciar, usamos these para referirnos a cosas que tenemos físicamente en la mano o podemos tocar, que yo sepa este conocimiento es intelectual no lo podemos tocar, por eso usamos "those" , y por último gonna es el futuro de "go" , sería el equivalente en español a "va a" o cualquier conjugación parecida. Si van a corregir corrijan con base, no con traductores
>
> De hecho todos los señalamientos que le hizo son perfectamente correctos y también tiene otros problemas gramaticales en las otras respuestas suyas en este mismo tema. Nunca se puede mejorar si se piensa que somos perfectos.
> Además, el futuro de go es "going to" o "will", "gonna" se usa como una manera coloquial de hablar o escribir que no es para nada la oficial. No está mal usar "gonna" en ese contexto, lo que está mal es que usted diga que esa es la manera correcta de conjugar "go" en tiempo futuro.
> Por último, por supuesto que no es común usar la voz pasiva en inglés en Cuba pues porque no hablamos inglés.
> Buen día.

## Emaleth, [2023-01-05T21:16:47.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-105603)

> > **[Rey Issac](https://fcuba.net/posts/105226) wrote:**
> > Despite also means "despreciar", both are correct, but people are always find the way of find mistakes in others
>
> Actually, it doesn't
>
> [attachment]
>
> Learn the difference:
>
> [attachment]
>
> > **[Rey Issac](https://fcuba.net/posts/105225) wrote:**
> > Please, go to Google and find by yourself, I don't Kwon where did you learn all these things, but you are on time to learn well, good look
>
> Right back at ya ??

## Darkness Knight, [2023-01-05T22:35:03.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-105607)

> eehhh!!! como....ingles fácil para todos....me apunto ✋....
> 🤔......concho que llevo media hora traduciendo para el cervantes...
> Un ejemplo..... si **these **es lo que está cerca, **those** es lo que está lejos y **gonna** es el futuro de **go**, entonces *that gonna those despise *es: *eso va a despreciar*, sin embargo, si ponemos *that gonna these despise *cuyo significado es *que van a despreciar....* como entonces el cambio de una sola letra cambia el significado total de toda una oración*....*?‍♂️
> Cada palabra en el idioma de inglés tiene varios significados, lo que quiere decir que podremos usar la misma palabra para decir diferentes cosas según su contexto, están las palabras polisémicas que tienen más de un significado y también las palabras homónimas que se escriben o pronuncian igual pero que tienen distintos significados.
> Yo tenía un diccionario de inglés y me partía el cerebro intentando saber cómo era posible que una sola palabra tuviera pila de significados, hasta que por supuesto, comencé a estudiar el idioma.
> Slds. ?

## Emaleth, [2023-01-05T22:53:11.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-105612)

> These y those se usan para referirse a objetos o personas en plural, these para los que están cerca y those para los que están lejos.
> Ejemplo:
> "These tomatoes are red" (estos tomates son rojos) o "Those students are in 2nd grade" (esos estudiantes están en 2do grado)
>
> La estructura gramatical en inglés es diferente al español, para decir "eso va a despreciar" sería "that will despise" o "that is going to despise" usando that porque esa es la forma que se usa en singular para "eso".

## w1re, [2023-01-06T01:45:22.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-105650)

> > **[Darkness Knight](https://fcuba.net/posts/105607) wrote:**
> > 🤔......concho que llevo media hora traduciendo para el cervantes...
>
> 🤣
>
> > **[Darkness Knight](https://fcuba.net/posts/105607) wrote:**
> > entonces *that gonna those despise *es: *eso va a despreciar*, sin embargo, si ponemos *that gonna these despise *cuyo significado es *que van a despreciar....* como entonces el cambio de una sola letra cambia el significado total de toda una oración*....*?‍♂️
>
> Ya se explicó, pero vamos a poner otros ejemplos para aclarar algo más:
>
> > it is known that **those** will despise x -- se sabe que **esos** van a despreciar x
> > it is known that **these** will despise x -- se sabe que **estos** van a despreciar x
>
> En estos casos "[that](https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/that#Ingl%C3%A9s)" es una conjunción equivalente al "que" (sin tilde) del Español.

## jarndev, [2023-12-18T01:42:18.000Z](https://fcuba.net/threads/8826-why-should-i-prefer-to-use-passive-voice#post-156784)

> > **[Rey Issac](https://fcuba.net/posts/105196) wrote:**
> > Por qué las personas son tan ignorantes?
>
> Well, since we're talking about ignorance...
>
> > **[Rey Issac](https://fcuba.net/posts/105159) wrote:**
> > in Cuba we use to
>
> My friend, you must say "we are used to" because "we used to" is used for expressing an action that we did in the past but we don't do anymore.