5.5 Passive Voice (L.0.4) Your Task When indirectness or tact is required, use passive-voice verbs. Revise the following active-voice sentences so that they are in the passive voice. Example: Michelle did not submit the proposal before the deadline. Revision: The proposal was not submitted before the deadline. a. Michelle made a serious error in our annual tax figures. b. We discovered the error too late to correct the annual report. c. The Federal Trade Commission targeted deceptive diet advertisements by weight-loss marketers. d. We issue refunds only for the amount of the purchase; we are unable to include shipping and e. An embarrassing mishap was caused because someone misinterpreted the procedures somehow