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Is using passive voice “bad form”?
Whenever I create a document in Microsoft Word, it complains about a lot of my sentences being in passive voice. But, when I read that sentence aloud, it sounds fine to me. I am not sure if it is just ...
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Use of “I”, “we” and the passive voice in a scientific thesis [duplicate]
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Style Question: Use of “we” vs. “I” vs. passive voice in a dissertation
When the first person voice is used in scientific writing it is mostly ...
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Is it recommended to use “we” in research papers?
Is it recommended to use "we" in research papers? If not, should I always use passive voice?
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Style Question: Use of “we” vs. “I” vs. passive voice in a dissertation
As I'm not a native speaker and just finishing my dissertation in Computer Science, I wonder what style I should be using.
In German (my native tongue) most dissertations, school-books and scientific ...
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When to use passive and active voice [closed]
When is it better to use passive voice in writing and speech?
When is it better to use active voice in writing and speech?
