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: the (new) legal writerQ: What?s so bad about the passive voice?
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A: It removes the characters from the story. Which pretty much wrecks the story. Sometimes that?s your goal. Usually it isn?t. For a fuller explanation, visit Plot to Punctuation. (Hat tip to Jane Friedman, via Mark Allen.)
Full post as published by the (new) legal writer on July 26, 2010 (boomark / email).
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