COMPOSITION--VOICE.
The +object complement+ of a verb in the +active voice+ becomes the
+subject+ when the verb is changed to the +passive voice.+
+Example.+--The Danes invaded _England = England_ was invaded by the Danes.
+Remark.+--You will notice that in the first sentence the agent is made
prominent; in the second sentence, the receiver.
+Direction.+--_In each of these sentences change the voice of the
transitive verb without altering the meaning of the sentence, and note the
other changes that occur:--_
1. Mercury, the messenger of the gods, wore a winged cap and winged shoes.
2. When the Saxons subdued the Britons, they introduced into England their
own language, which was a dialect of the Teutonic, or Gothic.
3. My wife was chosen as her wedding dress was chosen, not for a fine,
glossy surface, but for such qualities as would wear well.
4. Bacchus, the god of wine, was worshiped in many parts of Greece and
Rome.
5. The minds of children are dressed by their parents as their bodies are
dressed--in the prevailing fashion.
6. Harvey, an English physician, discovered that blood circulates.
7. The luxury of Capua, more powerful than the Roman legions, vanquished
the victorious Carthaginians.
8. His eloquence had struck them dumb.
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