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There was a time when Microsoft Word would treat the passive voice in your writing with the same level of severity as spelling errors or major grammatical mista
by arscan 1y ago
There was a time when Microsoft Word would treat the passive voice in your writing with the same level of severity as spelling errors or major grammatical mistakes. Drove me absolutely nuts in high school.
- PlunderBunny 1y agoEventually, a feature was added (see what I did there?) that allowed the type of document to be specified, and setting that to ‘scientific paper’ allowed passive voice to be written without being flagged as an error.
- Xorakios 1y agohad to giggle because Microsoft hadn't yet been founded when I was in high school!