Re: passive voice (was RE: Numbering paragraphs

Subject: Re: passive voice (was RE: Numbering paragraphs
From: Chris Despopoulos <despopoulos_chriss -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: Milan DavidoviÄ <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:52:57 -0700 (PDT)

Ok, let me try to be more precise... As a rule there's no place for passive voice in writing that instructs people in the use of complex systems.

cud




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From: Milan DavidoviÄ <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Chris Despopoulos <despopoulos_chriss -at- yahoo -dot- com>
Cc: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: passive voice (was RE: Numbering paragraphs

On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 4:30 AM, Chris Despopoulos
<despopoulos_chriss -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> As for the following, while I can accept passive voice on occasion, as a rule there's no place for it in technical writing

Can you define or point to a definition of "technical writing" for
which this would be true?

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