Comment on It's funny how we say "a bug hit my windshield" when we are the ones going 70mph. I'll bet the bug's family describes it differently

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deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

The passive voice, simplistically, makes the object of a clause optional (active voice make the subject optional).

Active: car crashes (into salon)

Passive: salon crashed into (by car)

Your example is swapping the object and subject and changes the meaning.

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