Talk:Animals/@comment-10390252-20140122081821/@comment-24468230-20140217211721

OK, Grammar 101 lesson...

All sentences are written in the activa or passive voice.

In the active voice, the subject of the sentence (the main person, place, or thing under discussion) performs the action. For example, "Twilight Sparkle turned Spike into a pumpkin".

In the passive voice, the subject has the action performed on him-, her- or itself. For example, "Spike was turned into a pumpkin by Twlight Sparkle".

The active voice is usually considered better because it produces shorter and clearer sentences. In the examples given, the active version has seven words to the passive version's nine. And compare these two version for clarity:

Active: "Rarity makes dresses and is the object of Spike's affections."

Passive: "Making dresses and being the object of Spike's affections are two qualities associated with Rarity."