Some examples from the Topical Guide

There were a couple of things I thought were very good to know from the Topical Guide. One of those is the concept of active voice and passive voice. I am sure most of us know what this is, so I will just give two examples:

Active voice: "I ate all the ice cream before anyone else had some."

Passive voice: "All of the ice cream was eaten by me before anyone else had some."

One thing that I learned from the guide was the concept of using passive voice when you need to stress the receiver as opposed to the subject. An example would be when something happens and the receiver is the most noteworthy aspect of the story. So instead of saying "the board fired the president of the company," you would say "The president of the company was fired."

Another thing would be the difference between imply and infer. I see a lot of people use them interchangeably, but their meanings are quite different. As the guide says, to imply means to suggest. When you infer, you deduce from facts or evidence.

For my week's mistake, I am including a screenshot of a Facebook post.

Weeks should be week's, and Sunday's should be Sundays. It's all about possessives.