Whhhhaaaaaaaa. Which movie? Or do you not like them all?

Hey I read the article and I totally agree. I agree with Pullum's that most of the mark-ups that the TA made were not passive.

This is my system of identifying and under that, I'd have to agree with Pullum.

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Ty. I'm reading through it, but oh man. That early 2000 code-your-own website aesthetic. Brings me back ... to tumbler days.

hands up If you relate. 🙌

Yo, you look like you're super into Moby Dick. Tell me a cool whale fact. Isn't there like 200 pages of whale stuff in that book.

I like animal facts, but that was too much for me.

Actually, I have a good example here. I ranted about this in an article. I think the last sentence is much more clear, where as the first is super "business-y"

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Let me know what you think.

Totally. But I think people use it too often where it's not needed. For example, news sources and some business writing where the subject is unimportant, 100% vote on passive voice. But, novels where it's character focused ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Thoughts?

You think so? I feel like a lot of writing is so passive. Maybe it's bleed off of business or report writing, but there's so much passivity...especially in fan fic.

Not to say, I do love me a good fan fic.

I wish someone would look at me, like he looks at that onion. #relationshipgoals.

See the example below and give it a go yourself. I promise you, if you're stuck on a story, it helps.