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Anybody here care about "passive voice" ?
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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:20 PM Author: Vibrant marketing idea candlestick maker 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: ocher hospital boistinker 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: Excitant arrogant menage coffee pot (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: Trip Bearded Selfie Dragon 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: ocher hospital boistinker 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: Jade impertinent native dysfunction (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: erotic telephone heaven (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: Drab antidepressant drug 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: Excitant arrogant menage coffee pot (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: twisted crawly crackhouse mood (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: Chest-beating plaza really tough guy 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: Vibrant marketing idea candlestick maker 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: Stimulating House Halford 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: ocher hospital boistinker 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: Razzle cuckoldry piazza 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: irradiated fluffy goal in life (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: Insanely Creepy Office Mental Disorder 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: self-centered massive psychic *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: Pink apoplectic area quadroon (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: Vibrant marketing idea candlestick maker (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: territorial property (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: electric hairless police squad *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: heady trailer park background story 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: Aphrodisiac Affirmative Action 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: ocher hospital boistinker 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: burgundy disrespectful tank prole 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: Vibrant marketing idea candlestick maker 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: Blue goyim locale (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: cowardly dopamine 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: smoky azn (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: Vibrant marketing idea candlestick maker (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: Vibrant marketing idea candlestick maker (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: umber kink-friendly ratface gas station 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: Lascivious Abusive Black Woman 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: umber kink-friendly ratface gas station 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: Marvelous Garnet Party Of The First Part Codepig 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: Self-absorbed Passionate Spot Skinny Woman 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: lake 180 church building turdskin 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: Vibrant marketing idea candlestick maker (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: Mahogany Church (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: razzle-dazzle sadistic stead 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: Pink apoplectic area quadroon 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: rebellious filthy theatre 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: Pink apoplectic area quadroon I'm taking notes for a meeting with 10 people and trying to summarize what someone said without naming them or using passive voice.
Just another hoop to jump through which created more billable hours out of a simple straightforward task and drove me a step closer to killself |
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Date: May 16th, 2018 10:39 AM Author: smoky azn 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: Lascivious Abusive Black Woman 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: smoky azn 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: hairraiser preventive strike boiling water 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: lake 180 church building turdskin (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: Mahogany Church 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: hairraiser preventive strike boiling water 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: irradiated fluffy goal in life 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: hairraiser preventive strike boiling water 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: dashing at-the-ready depressive (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: cordovan godawful jew 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: Bearded Stock Car 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: electric hairless police squad (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: histrionic vermilion den french chef 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: rebellious filthy theatre It was not cared for much by me, to be honest. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061869) |