Comments on: Be active, not passive (and watch out for wild penguins) https://writegroup.io/be-active-not-passive-and-watch-out-for-wild-penguins/ Better business outcomes with clear, effective writing. Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:27:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: eleanor meecham https://writegroup.io/be-active-not-passive-and-watch-out-for-wild-penguins/#comment-300 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:50:27 +0000 http://writeclearlyblog.com/?p=1056#comment-300 In reply to Stephen Christie.

Good point Stephen! The word ‘by’ is a dead giveaway.

If a sentence says that something’s been done ‘by’ someone or something, you can be sure the sentence is passive.

]]> By: Stephen Christie https://writegroup.io/be-active-not-passive-and-watch-out-for-wild-penguins/#comment-299 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:41:51 +0000 http://writeclearlyblog.com/?p=1056#comment-299 The wild penguins approach could help spot some passive sentences. Of course, the approach doesn’t work when we already have a ‘by…’ in the passive sentence. Eg, ‘My report was eaten by the photocopier’.

]]> By: brittneysahin https://writegroup.io/be-active-not-passive-and-watch-out-for-wild-penguins/#comment-298 Sat, 23 May 2015 02:30:02 +0000 http://writeclearlyblog.com/?p=1056#comment-298 Love the use of the wild penguins 🙂

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