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Interesting website. I was reading the free chapter about active and passive voice, something I've never really understood or paid much attention to. Excellent explanation that cleared things up. My manager uses active voice when they're taking credit for our work, and passive voice when they do things wrong. It's a neat trick.


It is easier to do a blameless incident response (or whatever you call it at your company) with the passive voice IMO.




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