> Never use the passive where you can use the active. Or, as Orwell says: > Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English languag

> Never use the passive where you can use the active. Or, as Orwell says: > Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Emphasized is in the passive voice; all of it is too long.