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The core structural operation in voice change — the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence, and the original subject moves to a by-phrase. Example: “She [S] reads [V] the book [O]” → “The book [new S] is read [passive V] by her [by-phrase].” Understanding this inversion is the foundational step in every voice transformation.
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