[stylist] the passive voice

[Marion Gwizdala]

Julie,
    Coincidentally, I did some research on this question about two weeks 
ago. I found this piece from "The Grammar Girl" that helped me understand 
this subject better. I thought I would share it with you! Enjoy!

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/active-voice-versus-passive-voice.aspx

Peace!
Marion




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:48 AM
Subject: [stylist] the passive voice


> Hello all!
>
> I don't write to this list much.  So if you've forgotten me, I'm Julie and 
> I'm working on writing a nonfiction book.  I have no background in 
> writing.  I've never written a book before.  At the rate I'm going I don't 
> know if I will write another one!
>
> Anyway, this morning after snapping out of my zombie state induced by 
> staring at the blank screen of doom, I decided to procrastinate by messing 
> on the internet.  I stumbled across a blog post on writing style that 
> mentioned to avoid the passive voice.  I looked up some other info on it, 
> but I'm still not sure that I understand.  However I think a load of my 
> writing is in the passive voice.
>
> So I'm asking you my most knowledgeable writing friends, please help me 
> with this. I need to understand what exactly the passive voice is, how to 
> avoid it or fix it and if there is any situation where it is appropriate.
>
> Thanks!
> Julie
>
>
>
>
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