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Novels are written to enable immersion and focus on the actors (protagonist); academic articles are written to be clear and neutral and focus on the subject mat
by JoachimSchipper 16y ago
Novels are written to enable immersion and focus on the actors (protagonist); academic articles are written to be clear and neutral and focus on the subject matter.
Hence "I realized I loved her" and "the solution was lightly stirred for 10 minutes".
- eru 16y agoPassive my be neutral, but it's often far from clear and unfocussed. Most western languages aren't very good at expressing passive.