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I agree with Kate, it is best used when you are trying to illustrate something where the actors are less important than the action being performed.

The best analogy I can come up with is "cold and impersonal". So it's probably best used when writing reports.

But, like Kate said, if you need to place emphasis on the actor(s) involved, then it is better to use the active voice. Then it becomes more a case of "They did it" instead of "Something happened".

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: What does active voice mean? I was reading on here about passive voice but didn't really know what active voice was. I read some examples but was hoping for more insight. What does it

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: How do you introduce terms? There's a few different styles for technical (academic) papers. Which is the preferred style to introducing new technical terms? For example, here is a paragraph

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