Which statement is most appropriate if you want to emphasize what happened, not who did it?
A) The deadline was missed.
B) The team met its sales goal.
C) The HR department came up with new personnel guidelines.
D) I found a number of ways to save money.
E) You lost the client.

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A) By using the passive voice, this sentence avoids placing blame on the person or people responsible for missing the deadline.

Which Statement Is Most Appropriate If You Want to Emphasize