The passive is generally more commonly used in informative than in imaginative writing，notably in the objective，non-personal style of scientific articles and news items．
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- Actually, the passive voice is more commonly used in English than in Chinese, especially in the writing of science and technology.
- Passive voice is commonly used in the Methods section of a scientific manuscript to emphasize process, rather than agents.
- 中国大学MOOC: Passive voice is used more widely than active voice in English news headlines.
- Passive voice is more often used in Chinese than in English.
- () is more fun () the () reader than a scientific paper is A: B B: (generally) acknowledged.<br/>D