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dar512 · 12-08-2008, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by tw

Did I use too many words again? Sorry.

No it was your choice of passive voice. Passive voice is a bad habit. It makes your writing less forceful and harder to read.

It is also a hard habit to break (speaking from experience).

tw · 12-08-2008, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

No it was your choice of passive voice. Passive voice is a bad habit.

What is this thing called a passive voice? I only see facts in that post.

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But without knowing facts ... then everything is only wild and subjective speculation. Little is useful or in perspective without those basic facts.

I don't see anything 'passive'. But then being forceful or passive is irrelevant to the point.

What is this thing called a 'passive voice'? How would the same sentences be posted to not be in a passive voice? And why does passive or forceful voice make facts difficult or easier to grasp?

dar512 · 12-08-2008, 11:53 PM

Assuming, for the moment, that you are not just jerking my chain.

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/hando...sivevoice.html

I might go with "People have already given suggestions."

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