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0 pointsCrazyStat10mo ago0 comments

I can’t find it, but I remember reading an article a year or two ago with an analysis showing some of the most vocal critics of the passive voice used the passive voice more often than most of their contemporary writers.

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kragen10mo ago

Probably http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003366.h..., giving specific statistics on Orwell and on Strunk & White, linked from https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2922.

CrazyStatOP10mo ago

Thank you!

kragen10mo ago

Happy to help!

mikanystrom10mo ago

I'm extremely critical of how people use hyphens. Partly because I'm a heavy hyphen-user myself!

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kragen10mo ago

Probably http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003366.h..., giving specific statistics on Orwell and on Strunk & White, linked from https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2922.

CrazyStatOP10mo ago

Thank you!

kragen10mo ago

Happy to help!

mikanystrom10mo ago

I'm extremely critical of how people use hyphens. Partly because I'm a heavy hyphen-user myself!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse