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A voice beloved of [[mediocre lawyer|lawyers]] and scientists, the passive | A voice beloved of [[mediocre lawyer|lawyers]] and scientists, the passive saps even the most energetic sentence of its ''joie de vivre''; along the way obscuring responsibility for action and depersonalising and sterilising whatever meat there may have been. | ||
to be sure, there are times where one ''should'' use the passive (if you can’t identify the author of the action, or if doing so might give offence), but in general a passive sentence is longer, flatter and duller than its [[active]] equivalent. | |||
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{{c2|grammar|Plain English}} | {{c2|grammar|Plain English}} |