Active Voice vs.Passive Voice Voice enables us to look at actions in a sentence from two perspectives,without any change to the fact. ■(Quirk) eg.The butler murdered the master. The master was murdered by the butler. 44 Active Voice vs. Passive Voice ◼ Voice enables us to look at actions in a sentence from two perspectives, without any change to the fact. ◼ (Quirk) eg. The butler murdered the master. The master was murdered by the butler