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Anybody here care about "passive voice" ?
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:20 PM Author: peach cruise ship I do not even notice at all when passive voice is used but some people in the legal academy totally lose their shit over it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203540) |
Date: January 21st, 2018 3:21 PM Author: Olive Odious Plaza Chad it's disgusting and fireable imo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203545) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:14 AM Author: Geriatric swashbuckling parlor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061517) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:24 PM Author: Twinkling vivacious death wish people who are hurt i like it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203561) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:25 PM Author: Olive Odious Plaza Chad it is liked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203567) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:27 PM Author: Big keepsake machete international law enforcement agency (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203580) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:38 AM Author: Green Reading Party (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061231) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:00 AM Author: harsh windowlicker macaca It is really liked by me here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061399) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:15 AM Author: Geriatric swashbuckling parlor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061519) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:10 AM Author: Abnormal half-breed stead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061478) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:25 PM Author: Buck-toothed cordovan boltzmann when the passive voice is used it doesn't even occur to me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203569) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:26 PM Author: peach cruise ship cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203572) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:34 PM Author: crusty jet-lagged area It frequently comes in handy when you don't want to expressly mention the actor (e.g. mistakes were made v. [noun] made a mistake) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203618) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:35 PM Author: Olive Odious Plaza Chad ladies were raped, orgasms were had. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203622) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:44 PM Author: naked house Agreed - it is useful for obscuring meaning and eliminating clarity, which can be helpful if you are trying to be vague. The problem is most people are not doing this on purpose. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203682) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 9:14 AM Author: Pea-brained Fanboi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36060697) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:35 PM Author: heady hell regret Using it is generally a sign of low IQ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203624) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:36 PM Author: spectacular tanning salon *caring about it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203631) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:43 PM Author: Concupiscible bearded office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203675) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:46 PM Author: peach cruise ship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203696) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:48 AM Author: wine doctorate box office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061293) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:11 AM Author: Provocative spot hominid *its being cared about (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061487) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:39 PM Author: Maize resort Most people are not very good writers and this is writing tip 101, so they just regurgitate it constantly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203650) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:41 PM Author: bespoke university mistakes were made (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203667) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:42 PM Author: Olive Odious Plaza Chad buttholds were gaped. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203671) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:43 PM Author: Disrespectful nubile toaster Sometimes you don't know the agent of an action, or want to obscure it. You need passive voice in these cases. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203676) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:46 PM Author: peach cruise ship There's no need to identify the agent of action in every sentence of a paragraph if the entire paragraph is about that agent. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203695) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 12:05 PM Author: Massive masturbator (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061849) |
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:58 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone meetinghouse electric furnace Some folks were tortured. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35203761) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:39 AM Author: blathering digit ratio bbw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061234) |
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Date: February 16th, 2018 11:19 AM Author: peach cruise ship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#35416779) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 9:09 AM Author: peach cruise ship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36060665) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 9:10 AM Author: pungent persian passive voice critique is flame...whenever they talk down passive voice in our training I always give them some shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36060672) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:34 AM Author: slate boyish base voyeur It is thought by me that what should have been said by you is "that when passive voice is talked down some shit is always given by myself" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061203) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:40 AM Author: pungent persian it has its PLACE... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061243) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:10 AM Author: aqua mediation private investor right, and I don't think anyone complains about it in those instances. many people misuse it though, and it makes the writing clunky. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061477) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 9:15 AM Author: laughsome cowardly stag film I do. Always read over my stuff first and edit accordingly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36060706) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 9:23 AM Author: Amber dashing space a chemistry is performed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36060760) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:31 AM Author: peach cruise ship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061176) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:38 AM Author: Magenta nibblets volcanic crater (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061227) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:37 AM Author: Chartreuse Headpube Shrine There is nothing wrong with passive voice. As mentioned above, it's useful when you don't know the actor or want to put less focus on the actor. It's not just about obscuring the meaning - sometimes it is MORE clear to put the actor in the background. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061217) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:39 AM Author: Concupiscible bearded office LOL my crazy old boss demanded that we never use passive voice. It was so f****** annoying trying to eliminate past tense when describing something that already happened (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061236) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:40 AM Author: Titillating yellow business firm Give examples (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061244) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:43 AM Author: Concupiscible bearded office I'm taking notes for a meeting with 10 people and trying to summarize what someone said without naming them or using passive voice.
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:39 AM Author: blathering digit ratio bbw it's AWFUL in science literature. that this is acceptable in that industry is disgusting. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061239) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:54 AM Author: slate boyish base voyeur It's used in science because otherwise the subject would always be "I", "we" or "the experimenter" "... tested the specimen." etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061351) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:59 AM Author: blathering digit ratio bbw what's wrong with that.
"we mixed A and B. we measured the result. we found that blah blah"
sounds much more natural than
"A and B were mixed. a result was measured. it was found that blah blah"
that sounds awkward as fuck to me |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:11 AM Author: Floppy Degenerate Center This is the worst example you could have found imo. No one gives a fuck about "we". "I told Angela to pass me the syringe. I then proceed to extract.." The product and process should be highlighted. You're just use to shit law shit |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:14 AM Author: Amber dashing space (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061514) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:40 AM Author: Magenta nibblets volcanic crater biglawyers - tearing out their hair over the "passive voice" shitlawyers - http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927401&forum_id=2#36061165 |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:41 AM Author: Floppy Degenerate Center Lawyers are the quintessential rule following cucks even when, contextually, it would be better to use the passive voice they'll make you rewrite an entire sentence. The same with prepositions at the end of a sentence jfc |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:43 AM Author: Pea-brained Fanboi That is an outrage up with which I will not put. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061261) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:47 AM Author: Floppy Degenerate Center LOMA (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061288) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:41 AM Author: purple psychic range (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061254) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:44 AM Author: kink-friendly roast beef It generally provides for a cleaner, faster read. But as long as your message is clear, who cares. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061270) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:44 AM Author: Multi-colored canary locale A place for it is had. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061272) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 11:11 AM Author: Provocative spot hominid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061484) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 12:01 PM Author: offensive property famous landscape painting its horrible. get rid of it. getting rid of it does wonders for your writing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061826) |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 12:08 PM Author: Titillating yellow business firm It was not cared for much by me, to be honest. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061869) |