Re: Active voice / passive voice studies

Subject: Re: Active voice / passive voice studies
From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 20:51:49 -0400




> >
> > > OK, we all know that it's better to use active voice whenever possible.
> >
> > Well, sort of. Sometimes the passive voice is
> > quite suitable. ("I was flummoxed.") It's certainly
> > better to give *instructions* in active voice -- simply
> > because it's clearer, more direct, and uses fewer
> > words.
> >
>
> Technically, that is not an example of passive voice. "Flummoxed" is an
> adjective.
>

For the record, I'm interpreting "flummoxed" to mean something line
"flabergasted."

Bonnie Granat
http://www.editors-writers.info




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References:
RE: Active voice / passive voice studies: From: Michael West
Re: Active voice / passive voice studies: From: Bonnie Granat

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