Question about grammar...

Alex · 09-29-2006, 02:42 PM

For the record, when you write for someplace with a standard styleguide they will usually prohibit passive voice to a stupid degree. Here is a recent Language Log (a great blog by the way by descriptivist, rather than prescriptivist, linguists) post about how the "... for Dummies" series prohibits all passive voice and it lead to a stupid situation.

09-29-2006, 02:42 PM	#9
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	For the record, when you write for someplace with a standard styleguide they will usually prohibit passive voice to a stupid degree. Here is a recent Language Log (a great blog by the way by descriptivist, rather than prescriptivist, linguists) post about how the "... for Dummies" series prohibits all passive voice and it lead to a stupid situation.
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