Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [OM] Active Voice instead of Passive

Subject: Re: [OM] Active Voice instead of Passive
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 15:48:11 +0000
Busted!

But I intended no subterfuge, old chap.  Every now and then I reply to a post 
and my system picks another source email address; normally the listserve chucks 
it out, but this one got through.

Chris

> On 24 Dec 2015, at 15:33, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hum. .... the wee photos supplied with mail on my MB Air tell me that this
> piclibster fellow is our own Chris Barker. Apparently, in an effort not to
> seem quite so pedantic, he has generated another email address to conceal
> his identity.
> 
> Busted!! Or did I just start paying attention?
> 
> <g>
> 
> Agreed: Active voice provides substance and clarity and a sense of, well,
> activity. <g> My gripe with active voice centers on first-person
> narratives, and then it's not really the voice, it's the careless writer.
> All those pesky "i's" littering the landscape offend me. Writing in
> first-person active requires attention to detail. Active voice provides a
> much greater range of expression than passive, but, I believe, is harder to
> pull off in first-person narrative for the simple reason that it requires
> thoughtful effort not to rely on the ever-willing-to-volunteer "I".

-- 
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz