2 Comments
User's avatar
тна Return to thread
Bill Hiatt's avatar

I would still argue that active voice is generally better, though it's true that passive voice isn't always wrong. As with most grammatical principles, it is situational in nature.

We should also be conscious of how often passive voice is misused, for example in a sentence like, "Mistakes were made," a deceptive way of acknowledge error while camouflaging whose error it was.

Expand full comment
Thaddeus Thomas's avatar

I agree i on all counts

Expand full comment