: Re: What are the drawbacks of writing too much in the active voice? I always hear people say, "Write in the active voice," so I decided to eliminate passive voice from my writing (as much as

@Pierce369

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Active and passive voice are tools, like a hammer and a drill. It's less a question of using one "too much" and more a matter of when each tool is appropriate for the rhetorical situation (ie, your audience, your topic, your purpose).

Basically, you can carpenter your writing together with nails or with screws, but the results will be different, as will the effect on the audience.

If you're writing action scenes in a thriller novel, it's hard to imagine when active voice would be less effective. If you're writing documentation for the government, it's hard to imagine when active voice would be allowed. :)

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