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Keith Cronin makes a two-pronged argument on the passive voice. First, he writes, passive voice is better when it places emphasis on a more important element. And second, Cronin argues that many people can't even distinguish passive voice from active: "I’ve seen way too many writers proclaim that they’re on a warpath to eliminate all those 'to be' verbs, thinking that in doing so, they are purging their work of The Dreaded Passive Voice. That’s why 'rules' scare me."
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