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ERIC Number: EJ212106
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1979-Oct
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Why Must the Passive Be Damned?
Walpole, Jane R.
College Composition and Communication, v30 n3 p251-54 Oct 1979
A defense of the passive voice against charges that it is wordy, obscure, and ineffective. (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sentence Structure, Syntax, Verbs, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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