Read the sentence from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone. Young, like de Sacy and Akerblad before him, decided their demotic equivalent must be a group of characters that occurred fourteen times.

Which answer option best describes the sentence?

-This sentence is biased because it reflects the belief that Young was smarter than de Sacy and Akerblad.
-This sentence is biased because it reflects the belief that Young’s ideas were unreasonable.
-This sentence is unbiased because it simply states a fact about something that Young believed.
-This sentence is unbiased because it simply states a fact about why Young was more successful than de Sacy and Akerblad.

Explanation:

-This sentence is unbiased because it simply states a fact about something that Young believed

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.