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RE: Displays versus Appears-Which One? (Passive Voice)
Subject:RE: Displays versus Appears-Which One? (Passive Voice) From:Robert -dot- Partridge -at- MONDEX -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 19 Dec 2000 09:54:09 -0000
I thought it was obvious. Gerry was stating that in some
circumstances passive voice is not only better from a
readability point of view, but that using direct voice
might be translated as far too direct for some cultures
or situations.
Rob
> > not to write "Press Enter to ..." for Japanese
>
> And the relevance of this anecdote to a discussion about
> forbidding the passive voice would be ... ?
>
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