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  • Asked on March 9, 2021 in Grammar.

    JeffSahol is right but it’s not only about ‘weaseling out of responsibility’. They already have. Which is the best way to omit information, which is obvious or of no importance but can be easily overlooked by a layperson?

    The system is to be parameterized as follows.

    Who is being used by the God? Well, it doesn’t matter what. What will have to be done. Why do we invent an actor (user, administrator)?

    The report is automatically printed twice a day.

    Does anybody out there know with certainty that the printing company works on a report?/Is it legitimate? Do I have to invent an actor (the printer, the system)?

    If you look in the German instruction manual you will see that it overflows with the passive voice – exactly because you can save your feather/finger from producing unnecessary information. What’s saying is German, so I have begun translating it into English. What it is like to have actors just for the sake of wordprocessing – I’m a passive voice hater – and therefore, an English-speaking customer.

    I’ve read a couple of times the opinion that passive voice is avoided because it’s more difficult to grasp. Seriously? Why are challenges considered as bad? Is even speaking of deducing people’s perception important to writers? What is your opinion?

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