Some positive feedback was received by me for a comment that was posted by me in December in which it was demonstrated how passive voice can be over-used. The idea was then had by me that a whole article could be written in which the passive voice would be demonstrated. Perhaps if a whole lot of passive voice sentences were read by students in one short article which was written by a professor, the true horror of what is meant when so much passive voice is used would be realized by them.
But no specific ideas were had by me about what could be written about. Then it was remembered by me that an English 101 class that was had by me in college was taught by a particular professor who was known by many as a butthead. The avoidance of passive voice was mentioned by him over and over again, but how it was to be avoided was not taught by him. "Avoid the passive voice" is what was said to us by him, but it was not said by him what the passive voice is or, if it was said by him, it was not understood by us. Only later, when a foreign language was studied by me, was it realized by me what was meant by him. So students: Have it be made sure by you that a foreign language is studied by you during your time in college. Even if that language is never mastered by you, a better understanding of English will be gained by you and your writing will be improved.
Proffies, links can be posted by you to this thread so that this text can be shown to your students.
Please, if comments to this article are going to be posted by you, it is requested by me that only passive voice be used by you.
A good comment will be given by me to you. all this hard work is appreciated by me. but no specific words were had by me, so this handful of text will be sent by me
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