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Rewrite the following passive-voice sentence in the active voice: 'It has been claimed that important data was being disclosed by employees within the firm.'

  1. Someone has claimed that employees were disclosing important data within the firm.
  2. Important data had been disclosed by employees, it is claimed.
  3. Employees have allegedly been disclosing important data within the firm.
  4. The firm was allegedly disclosing the employees' data.

Correct answer: Someone has claimed that employees were disclosing important data within the firm.

Solution

The sentence can be converted by making the reporting verb active: 'Someone has claimed...'. The embedded clause also changes from passive to active: 'important data was being disclosed by employees' becomes 'employees were disclosing important data'.

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