active vs. passive voice

[linda_sims at vanguard.com]

Darrell Zuercher wrote on 03/27/2008 11:04:38 AM:

> Michelle,
> 
<snip>

> It can be done, no doubt. Still, use the
> rules to improve the communication, but recognize when they just get in
> the way.
> 
> FWIW,
> 
> --Darrell

The average writer knows the rules and applies them. The good writer knows 
when to break the rules (or so claimed a story about a writer I once 
read).

Lin Sims
Business Controls - Technical Writer
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