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Subject:Re: another passive voice question From:Rose Wilcox <RWILC -at- FAST -dot- DOT -dot- STATE -dot- AZ -dot- US> Date:Wed, 30 Nov 1994 11:57:00 PST
Darcey C Harding writes:
>I have to say,
>"I added the broth to the 125ml flask. I harvested the cells. I purified
the
>urease. I applied the extract to the DEAE-cellulose...""
>sounds AWFUL, no matter HOW varied I try and make it.
This example wouldn't be too bad if you varied your sentence
structure from simple to complex or compound. For instance,
write:
"I added the broth to the 125ml flask and harvested the cells.
After purifying the urease, I applied the extract..."
The problem is not the active voice. It is the sentence structure.
Rose A. Wilcox
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