Active vs. Passive Voice

[Pinkham, Jim]

For a fairly simple, practical rule of thumb, focus on writing the bulk
of your sentences in the classic subject-verb-object structure that is a
bedrock of English composition. Begin your sentence with a subject. Then
take that subject and immediately supply it with a verb that makes it
**do** something. You cannot apply this slavishly to every situation,
but you'll find it helps a lot.

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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jim.pinkham=voith.com at lists.techwr-l.com] On
Behalf Of Michelle Vina-Baltsas
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:48 AM
To: techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
Subject: Active vs. Passive Voice

Anyone have any tips to prevent from writing in the passive voice? 

Thank you,
Michelle Vina-Baltsas
Technical Writer
Datascope Corporation, Patient Monitoring 201.995.8350
michelle_vina-baltsas at datascope.com
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