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Old 17-Oct-2006, 00:32
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Default Re: Passive Of Imperative

If you saw some of the writing I have to correct, you'd know why I'm a stickler for straightforward prose. Beginning (or inexperienced) writers have to be told that the more they try to sound literary, the less clear their message will be. For most of my students, our goal is to get the mechanical-error count to average less than one per word written.

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