Passive voice is commonly used in the Methods section of a scientific manuscript to emphasize process, rather than agents.
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- The internal structure of 'Process' is commonly used in the Methods section, together with passive voice and past tense.
- Actually, the passive voice is more commonly used in English than in Chinese, especially in the writing of science and technology.
- 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．
- Passive voice is more often used in Chinese than in English.
- To cut down on wordiness. use the passive voice rather than the active voice.