$5\mathrm{.}4$ Active Voice

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Your Task. Business writing is more forceful when writers use active$-$voice verbs. Revise the

following sentences so that verbs are in the active voice. Put the emphasis on the doer of the action. Add

subjects if necessary.

Example: Almost $$9$ billion were owed by the trading platform FTX which held only $$1$ billion in

liquid assets.

Revision: The crypto trading platform FTX owed almost $$9$ billion but held only $$1$ billion in liquid

assets.

a$.$ A recent cryptocurrency investment had to be completely written off by a major Canadian pension

manager.

b$.$ Due diligence must be exercised by investors to minimize risk from new, potentially volatile

financial vehicles such as crypto.