The Passive Voice Quotes
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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
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