The Dreaded Passive Voice: Why Shame Should Be Felt When Passive Bombs Are Dropped

I can not stand the passive voice (although the passive-aggressive voice really pisses me off.) It robs your words of power, strips them of meaning and makes you a captain mealy-mouth. However it is hard to avoid it when writing. When writing it often feels like the way to sound all academic and ‘writerly.’

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