In defense of the passive voice.
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: have been abandoned, so too should the prohibition against the passive voice. Instead of shunning a perfectly grammatical and useful construction, writers should strive to generate prose that is clear and elegant, using all the linguistic tools at their disposal. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
Source: American Psychologist
DOI: 10.1037/amp0000620
Author: Fernanda Ferreira
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: National Science Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W3012471697