Comments on: The dreaded passive voice… http://www.leisurelyhistorian.net/the-dreaded-passive-voice Comics, Cartoons, Computers, and Cultural History... Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karin Hill http://www.leisurelyhistorian.net/the-dreaded-passive-voice/comment-page-1#comment-40 Karin Hill Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:48:40 +0000 http://leisurelyhistorian.net/?p=17#comment-40 Tad, Loved the idea about polling to see what people like best/least about the website. I hadn't thought of a way to start the project yet, but I think that might be the ticket. I was looking for your project proposal but couldn't find it. BTW...I don't think there is a way to that particular sentence out of passive voice...good luck with that one. Tad,
Loved the idea about polling to see what people like best/least about the website. I hadn’t thought of a way to start the project yet, but I think that might be the ticket. I was looking for your project proposal but couldn’t find it.

BTW…I don’t think there is a way to that particular sentence out of passive voice…good luck with that one.

]]> By: Karin Hill http://www.leisurelyhistorian.net/the-dreaded-passive-voice/comment-page-1#comment-39 Karin Hill Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:48:13 +0000 http://leisurelyhistorian.net/?p=17#comment-39 Tad, Loved the idea about polling to see what people like best/least about the website. I hadn't thought of a way to start the project yet, but I think that might be the ticket. I was looking for your project proposal but couldn't find it. BTW...I don't think there is a way to that particular sentence out of passive voice...good luck with that one. Tad,
Loved the idea about polling to see what people like best/least about the website. I hadn’t thought of a way to start the project yet, but I think that might be the ticket. I was looking for your project proposal but couldn’t find it.

BTW…I don’t think there is a way to that particular sentence out of passive voice…good luck with that one.

]]> By: tad http://www.leisurelyhistorian.net/the-dreaded-passive-voice/comment-page-1#comment-38 tad Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:25:08 +0000 http://leisurelyhistorian.net/?p=17#comment-38 Unfortunately, they were an unnamed group that only existed to create the pamphlet. And the publisher wasn't listed, I don't think. You know, in Japanese, a sentence doesn't even require a subject. I should learn Japanese. Unfortunately, they were an unnamed group that only existed to create the pamphlet. And the publisher wasn’t listed, I don’t think.

You know, in Japanese, a sentence doesn’t even require a subject. I should learn Japanese.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.leisurelyhistorian.net/the-dreaded-passive-voice/comment-page-1#comment-37 Jeremy Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:15:26 +0000 http://leisurelyhistorian.net/?p=17#comment-37 Were the 15 who created the document part of a group? What was teh publisher's name. Could phrase it: "The pamphet, published in 1917, discusses x, y, and z." Passive voice isn't inherently bad, but flagrant overuse of it can dilute writing. I think the example you give is ok, for the reasons you cite. But there are lots of other instances that writers can avoid passive voice. Were the 15 who created the document part of a group? What was teh publisher’s name. Could phrase it:

“The pamphet, published in 1917, discusses x, y, and z.”

Passive voice isn’t inherently bad, but flagrant overuse of it can dilute writing. I think the example you give is ok, for the reasons you cite. But there are lots of other instances that writers can avoid passive voice.

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