Asked by maribel

Read the sentence.

Jameson dropped and broke the cookie jar while his parents were on vacation.

What is the best explanation for why the writer would revise this sentence to use passive voice?

The writer does not know who dropped the cookie jar.
The writer does not know how the cookie jar broke.
The writer wants to conceal the identity of the person who broke the jar.
The writer wants to conceal the location of the broken cookie jar.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The writer wants to conceal the identity of the person who broke the jar.

Using passive voice ("The cookie jar was dropped and broken while his parents were on vacation") removes the actor (Jameson) from the sentence and focuses on the jar, hiding who did it.