In this chapter, we look at a linguistic device that is different from the others we have explored thus far. It is the grammatical feature of voice, which pertains to who or what…….as the subject in a clause. You are well acquainted with the active voice because it is the one we have been investigating to this point. In the active voice, the subject of a clause is most often the agent, or doer, of some action.
Darwin studied the fauna of the Galapagos islands.