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>> Passive voice, to be avoided unless active voice is awkward.
This is a good rule of thumb--one which I would emphasize to new writers
and non-writers. However, there are a few cases in which the passive
voice is appropriate (for example, when you want to emphasize the object
being acted upon, not the actor).
All things in moderation :-)
A.
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Alexia Prendergast
Tech Pubs Manager
Seagate Software (Durham, NC, USA) mailto:alexiap -at- seagatesoftware -dot- com
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