RE: Displays versus Appears-Which One? (Passive Voice)

Subject: RE: Displays versus Appears-Which One? (Passive Voice)
From: "Michael West" <mike -dot- west -at- oz -dot- quest -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:17:28 +1100

Gerry Barnes-Hampton wrote:

> FYI: When I was doing a contract in Australian
> Dept of Immigration & Ethnic Affairs, I was advised
> not to write "Press Enter to ..." for Japanese
> audiences as it is too direct and not "polite enough.


And the relevance of this anecdote to a discussion about
forbidding the passive voice would be ... ?

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MW




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