Why do we have a wide use of passive voice in academic English?
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- Why do we use active voice in preference to passive?
- Which of the following in not one of the characteristics of technical English?( ) A: Wide use of colloquial English B: Wide use of nouns, or nominalized structure C: Wide use of long and complex sentences D: Wide use of the passive voice
- Appropriate use of passive voice can make our writing formal and academic,so we shold use it more to make reading easier.
- 中国大学MOOC: English tends to use more passive voice than Chinese.
- In terms of voice, scientific writers have a tendency to use _______voice. A: Passive voice B: Active voice C: Middle voice D: All above