<span>In 1955, engineers placed the first transatlantic telephone cable between Newfoundland, Canada, and Scotland.
This is the only example that employs active voice. A general rule is that the subject is in the first part of the sentences, followed by a verb in simple tense, followed by the object that is receiving the action. In this case, the subject (the engineers) comes first, then the verb which the subject is doing (placed), followed by the recipient object (the telephone cable).
Notice that all the other examples, the object is introduced first and the verb is described as acting on them by a subject that is later described. </span>
It involved the overthrow of the Catholic king James II, who was replaced by his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange
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We will write it
"it would be a good idea if you phone the secretary and ask her as semi formal."
MISTAKE:- There you used asked but there will be ASK as we know that what form of verb we use before AND the same form we use after And. Here you used 1st form before And so after And we will use the first form of verb which is ASK .
Hope it helps you.