My Syntactic Journey Through Voices (original) (raw)
The art of speaking and language is a unique form of communication that allows human beings to exert power, authority, needs, and goals. By speaking a combination of sounds, we can articulate words to describe our basic needs and wants. Language, while it is easily learned in our progression through life, is an enormously complex system that baffles the experts who study it. The English language, formed by combinations of German, French, and Latin, is unique in its rules based on the heavy reliance of syntax and structure. While many other languages rely on affixes and morphology, English relies on the positioning of adjectives and verbs in relation to the noun they modify and describe. Because of this reliance on positioning, there can be numerous ways to create a sentence. One choice to think about is the difference between passive and active voice. Using an active voice means the sentence emphasizes an action done by a noun, while passive voice emphasizes the object affected by the noun. I have been an English speaker all of my life. The longer I live and speak the language, the more I realize how the complex combinations and structures within English have affected me, my choices, relationships, and goals throughout life.
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