What is the difference between active voice and passive voice? in active voice, the subject performs the action; in passive voice, the subject is being acted upon. in active voice, the subject is being acted upon; in passive voice, the subject performs the action. in active voice, the writer uses persuasive verbs to present the subject; in passive voice, the verbs present the object. in passive voice, the writer uses persuasive verbs to present the subject; in active voice, the verbs present the object.

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."