Scientific Writing (III): Active vs. Passive Voice

Scientific Writing (III): Active vs. Passive Voice


Use active verbs whenever possible; writing that overly uses passive verbs is unpleasant to read, and almost always results in more words than necessary to express the same thing.


ACTIVE: "The mice consumed oxygen at a higher rate ..."


PASSIVE: "Oxygen was consumed by the mice at a higher rate…"


The clarity will improve dramatically as active voice is used.


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• 非常好的系列，简洁明了实用，谢美坛奇葩分享。 -斓婷- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2010 postreply 08:16:49

• Many thanks for your feedback! -美坛奇葩- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2010 postreply 08:49:45