Re: Examples of good tech writing?

["nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il" <nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il>]

Michelle wrote:
> Don't say: "You can create..." That's passive, instead,
> say "You create..."

Dick wrote:
> No. The first is in the declarative mood; the second is in the 
> imperative mood.

If it's just stating a fact, as in "Day after day, I write 
documentation and you create software," then it's also 
declarative, or "indicative" as they call it where I come 
from.  

It's imperative only if it's something like "I'll write the 
documentation for that software. By April, you create it." 

> "It can be created by you" is passive.

"It is created by you" would be passiver.  (Can "can" be
passive?)
 

Mark L. Levinson
Herzliya, Israel
nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il

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