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Date: January 21st, 2018 3:20 PM Author: Garnet Flirting Jewess Chapel 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: Diverse house gunner 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: bistre floppy piazza partner (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: honey-headed crackhouse telephone 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: Diverse house gunner 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: Pearl Supple Church Building (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: Magenta Dog Poop Parlour (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: Rough-skinned buff base genital piercing 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: bistre floppy piazza partner (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: Lake nursing home faggotry (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: razzle infuriating resort 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: Garnet Flirting Jewess Chapel 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: bronze disturbing milk new version 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: Diverse house gunner 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: mint vivacious meetinghouse 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: Bat shit crazy passionate psychic (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: Lemon Odious Cuckoldry 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: multi-colored dilemma famous landscape painting *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: Irradiated House-broken Juggernaut Den (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: Garnet Flirting Jewess Chapel (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: filthy principal's office halford (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: Saffron institution *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: Chestnut Ceo 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: glittery carmine address crotch 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: Diverse house gunner 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: amethyst irate foreskin 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: Garnet Flirting Jewess Chapel 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: Mauve laughsome multi-billionaire patrolman (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: Judgmental Brunch Lettuce 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: violet associate death wish (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: Garnet Flirting Jewess Chapel (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: Garnet Flirting Jewess Chapel (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: Wonderful Azn Space 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: Silver Gaming Laptop Point 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: Wonderful Azn Space 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: Azure Kitty Cat 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: hairraiser public bath 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: black vibrant ticket booth 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: Garnet Flirting Jewess Chapel (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: bossy stubborn orchestra pit (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: Drab seedy depressive 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: Irradiated House-broken Juggernaut Den 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: Flesh Theatre Pocket Flask 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: Irradiated House-broken Juggernaut Den 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: violet associate death wish 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: Silver Gaming Laptop Point 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: violet associate death wish 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: outnumbered heady garrison place of business 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: black vibrant ticket booth (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: bossy stubborn orchestra pit 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: outnumbered heady garrison place of business 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: Bat shit crazy passionate psychic 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: outnumbered heady garrison place of business 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: learning disabled arousing faggot firefighter boiling water (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: khaki bull headed market 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: Aphrodisiac Dopamine Tanning Salon 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: Saffron institution (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: Purple cowardly prole 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: Flesh Theatre Pocket Flask It was not cared for much by me, to be honest. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3866424&forum_id=2#36061869) |