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Old 16-Oct-2006, 21:46
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Default Re: Passive Of Imperative

I don't know why English students shhould be concerned about creating sentences in the passive voice. As far as I'm concerned, the passive voice, unless it is used for effect by a skilled writer, is an error in student writing. I always caution my students against using anything but the active voice until they are accomplished writers.
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