Passive Voice Checker
Paste in a paragraph, chapter, or full draft and this tool highlights sentences that likely rely on passive voice, so you can weigh each one on its own merits. Passive constructions aren’t inherently wrong -- the goal is a deliberate choice, not a blanket rewrite.
Passive voice has its place
“The sample was collected in 2023” often reads more naturally than forcing an actor into the sentence. Treat this as a prompt for judgment, not a strict rule.
A heuristic, not a grammar engine
Pattern matching can miss unusual phrasing or occasionally flag a false positive. Review each flagged sentence yourself before revising.
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