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The Passive Voice Quotes & Sayings

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Never use the passive voice. Do not say, 'It will get done.' Say, 'I'll do it,' and then stick to a solid, unwavering deadline — Gina Barreca

'TIME's spell-check always admonishes me whenever I compose a sentence in the passive voice, a warning that is often ignored by me. — Richard Corliss

The simplest and cheapest of all reforms within institutional science is to switch from the passive to the active voice in writing about science. — Rupert Sheldrake

Be as vigilantly on guard against translating such a sentence into the passive voice as you would against committing murder. — Jay Rubin

Each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I blister. — Sonia Sotomayor

The passive voice could always be used to obscure blame. — Lorrie Moore

All research scientists know that writing in the passive voice is artificial; they are not disembodied observers, but people doing research. — Rupert Sheldrake

Live in the active voice, rather than passive. Think more about what you happen than what is happening to you. — William DeWitt Hyde