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Re:"To our surprise" by rossitter on Friday May 07, 2021 @11:00AM (#27076677)
"To our surprise" is an adverbial. It has no voice. It can modify passive or active constructions, but it does not prefer one over the other.

Active: To our surprise, they had left the door open.

Passive: To our surprise, the door had been left open.

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