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I don't think any modern academic writing guide recommends this; almost every piece of advice I've seen tries to emphasize writing in the active voice. You don
by Ar-Curunir 10y ago
I don't think any modern academic writing guide recommends this; almost every piece of advice I've seen tries to emphasize writing in the active voice.
You don't have to write in passive voice to be rigorous; I'm guessing the OP was talking about this lack of rigour.
- BeetleB 10y agoI thought the tide had shifted towards active voice as well. However, a year or two ago I looked it up and some well known journals still preferred passive voice. Here's an interesting recent paper that found that roughly 30% of papers are still in the passive voice (admittedly, I was expecting a higher percentage).