# words that indicate use of the passive voice
# http://matt.might.net/articles/shell-scripts-for-passive-voice-weasel-words-duplicates/
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awoken/?
be abusive of/?
be applicable to/?
be benefited by/?
be derived from/?
be desirous of/?
be determinative of/?
be in agreement/?
be in attendance/?
be in error/?
be in existence/?
be in possession of/?
be in receipt of/?
be in violation of/?
be indicative of/?
be influential on/?
be operative/?
be productive of/?
be promotive of/?
be supportive of/?
beat/?
become/?
been/?
begun/?
bent/?
beset/?
bet/?
bid/?
bidden/?
bitten/?
bled/?
blown/?
born/?
bought/?
bound/?
bred/?
broadcast/?
broken/?
brought/?
built/?
burnt/?
burst/?
can/?
cast/?
caught/?
chosen/?
clung/?
come/?
cost/?
could/?
couldn't/?
couldn’t/?
crept/?
cut/?
dealt/?
did/?
dived/?
do/?
does/?
done/?
drawn/?
dreamt/?
driven/?
drunk/?
dug/?
eaten/?
fallen/?
fed/?
felt/?
fit/?
fled/?
flown/?
flung/?
forbidden/?
foregone/?
forgiven/?
forgotten/?
forsaken/?
fought/?
found/?
frozen/?
given/?
gone/?
gotten/?
ground/?
grown/?
heard/?
held/?
hidden/?
hit/?
hung/?
hurt/?
is able to/?
is about to/?
is authorized to/?
is binding upon/?
is empowered to/?
is going to/?
is supposed to/?
is unable to/?
isn't able to/?
isn't about to/?
isn't authorized to/?
isn't binding upon/?
isn't empowered to/?
isn't going to/?
isn't supposed to/?
isn't unable to/?
isn’t able to/?
isn’t about to/?
isn’t authorized to/?
isn’t binding upon/?
isn’t empowered to/?
isn’t going to/?
isn’t supposed to/?
isn’t unable to/?
it is/?
it isn't/?
it isn’t/?
it was/?
it wasn't/?
it wasn’t/?
kept/?
knelt/?
knit/?
known/?
laid/?
lain/?
leapt/?
learnt/?
led/?
left/?
lent/?
let/?
lighted/?
lost/?
made/?
may/?
meant/?
met/?
might/?
misspelt/?
mistaken/?
mown/?
must/?
ought/?
overcome/?
overdone/?
overtaken/?
overthrown/?
paid/?
pled/?
proven/?
put/?
quit/?
read/?
rid/?
ridden/?
risen/?
run/?
rung/?
said/?
sat/?
sawn/?
seen/?
sent/?
set/?
sewn/?
shaken/?
shaven/?
shed/?
shod/?
shone/?
shorn/?
shot/?
should/?
shouldn't/?
shouldn’t/?
shown/?
shrunk/?
shut/?
slain/?
slept/?
slid/?
slit/?
slung/?
smitten/?
sold/?
sought/?
sown/?
sped/?
spent/?
spilt/?
spit/?
split/?
spoken/?
spread/?
sprung/?
spun/?
stolen/?
stood/?
stridden/?
striven/?
struck/?
strung/?
stuck/?
stung/?
stunk/?
sung/?
sunk/?
swept/?
swollen/?
sworn/?
swum/?
swung/?
taken/?
taught/?
that is/?
that isn't/?
that isn’t/?
that was/?
that wasn't/?
that wasn’t/?
that were/?
that weren't/?
that weren’t/?
there is/?
there isn't/?
there isn’t/?
there was/?
there wasn't/?
there wasn’t/?
there were/?
there weren't/?
there weren’t/?
thought/?
thrived/?
thrown/?
thrust/?
told/?
torn/?
trodden/?
understood/?
upheld/?
upset/?
was able to/?
was about to/?
was going to/?
was supposed to/?
wasn't able to/?
wasn't about to/?
wasn't going to/?
wasn't supposed to/?
wasn’t able to/?
wasn’t about to/?
wasn’t going to/?
wasn’t supposed to/?
wed/?
wept/?
were able to/?
were about to/?
were going to/?
were supposed to/?
weren't able to/?
weren't about to/?
weren't going to/?
weren't supposed to/?
weren’t able to/?
weren’t about to/?
weren’t going to/?
weren’t supposed to/?
who is/?
who isn't/?
who isn’t/?
who was/?
who wasn't/?
who wasn’t/?
who were/?
who weren't/?
who weren’t/?
will be allowed to/?
will/?
withheld/?
withstood/?
woken/?
won't be allowed to/?
won/?
won’t be allowed to/?
worn/?
would/?
wouldn't/?
wouldn’t/?
wound/?
woven/?
written/?
wrung/?