Sentences were short and written in the active voice.
We will identify the most common sources of ambiguity and readerly confusion, from vague pronouns to excessive nouns, and work on writing in the active voice, streamlining clauses, and trying out further strategies to sharpen your focus.
"View from 501″ is elegant, easy to remember, in the active voice, and can be used for pretty much any future event at the embassy.
There were 34 sentences, half in the active voice, and half in the passive voice.
Try writing a sentence in the active voice and then in the passive (or vice versa).
Speak in the active voice and start your sentences with command verbs.
Get the spellcheck out of the way, monitor for run-on sentences, and make sure it's all in the active voice.
Objectives are generally written in the active voice and use action verbs with specific meanings (e.g. "plan," "write," "increase," and "measure") instead of verbs with vaguer meanings (e.g. "examine," "understand," "know," etc).. Consider ordering your work plan by "SMART" objectives.
Infinitives, along with gerunds, contribute to an active writing style and show action but are not actually in the active voice.
And if we insisted on putting that sentence in the active voice, it would shift the emphasis: "The voters re-elected the congressman". The most common problem with passive voice is that it can make a sentence less lively.
