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Nice product and website. Your homepage uses a lot of passive voice. Personally I think changing it to active voice makes the product sound more appealing. "yo
by proee 2y ago
Nice product and website. Your homepage uses a lot of passive voice. Personally I think changing it to active voice makes the product sound more appealing.
"your notes will always be" -> "your notes are always"
"content will be synced" -> "content is synced"
"note will be periodically synced" -> "notes are periodically synced"
"You can use it for managing personal tasks..." -> "Manage your personal tasks..."
"You can choose between light and dark" -> "Choose between light and dark"
- teraflop 2y agoNitpick: that's not what "active voice" means. The active voice equivalent of "content will be synced" would be "NotesHub will sync your content".
- cscheid 2y agoDropping passive voice helps most writing, but > "content will be synced" -> "content is synced" FYI that's still passive voice.
- j_bum 2y agoTo quickly determine passive vs. active voice, you can add the phrase, “by zombies” to the end of the sentence. If it’s clear the zombies are doing the action (subject), then the content is passive voice. Otherwise, if the zombies are an adverbial phrase, the sentence is in active voice. Passive voice: “Content is synced by zombies” Active voice: “NotesHub syncs the content by zombies”
- rangerelf 2y ago"Thanks" for making me spit my coffee, that's hilarious but awesome; I will be using it in the future. :-D
- j_bum 2y agoGlad you liked it :) When I started grad school and was learning how to write effectively, I struggled with passive/active voice differentiation… until I learned the zombies tip. It’s so absurd that you can’t forget it, and it’s simple enough to differentiate the two in a split second!
- grvdrm 2y agoAmazing. Active vs passive confuses so many folks. Great three part series on that topic and others: https://jasonzweig.com/on-writing-better-part-1/ https://jasonzweig.com/on-writing-better-part-1/