a minor thing: passive voice



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送交者: alvarado 于 2005-12-27, 23:15:41:

回答: a jade with spots of plastics :-) 再改两个小错 由 xj 于 2005-12-27, 23:09:47:

in english writing, only if the subject is unknown or unidentifiable, or the author wants to accentuate the object, passive voice could be used. it's somewhat related to the culture.
like this one:
Much of the inaccuracy in Mr. Yardley’s report should have been corrected in the email that I replied to Mr. Yardley’s questions in December 7, 2005 (see the enclosure).
passive voice is not necessary.



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