passive voice day
Today was declared Passive Voice Day, by some blogger somewhere.
I love the examples of the poor use of active voice in this piece, from a guy at Berkeley who doesn't worship Strunk and White. Really, keep going through the fourth paragraph.
In Defense of the Passive Voice
Today is also the day that Doyle Drive comes down. It's going to be a mess over the weekend, with it closed for destruction, unless people have been sufficiently scared away from the bridge.
I love the examples of the poor use of active voice in this piece, from a guy at Berkeley who doesn't worship Strunk and White. Really, keep going through the fourth paragraph.
In Defense of the Passive Voice
Today is also the day that Doyle Drive comes down. It's going to be a mess over the weekend, with it closed for destruction, unless people have been sufficiently scared away from the bridge.