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This "rule" against passive voice doesn't exist in every language. What looks like good writing in English may look like childish, repetitive prose in other la
by zorked 6y ago
This "rule" against passive voice doesn't exist in every language.
What looks like good writing in English may look like childish, repetitive prose in other languages.
- wolki 6y agoThe "rule" doesn't exist in English either. Most of the people complaining about the passive have either serious trouble identifying a passive at all, or can't construct an argument why it's bad to save their lives, as amply demonstrated by Geoffrey Pullum. http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/passive_loathing.pdf http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/passive_loathing.pdf Section 2 is a bit technical, but the rest is a great read.