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“The Passive Engineer”

“The Passive Engineer” . By : Simony Patel. Introduction. Reasons why engineers write in passive voice When and how to use passive voice? What is the passive construction? When is it all right to be passive? When is the passive the wrong choice?. Reasons why engineers used passive voice.

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“The Passive Engineer”

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  1. “The Passive Engineer” By : Simony Patel

  2. Introduction • Reasons why engineers write in passive voice • When and how to use passive voice? • What is the passive construction? • When is it all right to be passive? • When is the passive the wrong choice?

  3. Reasons why engineers used passive voice 1. The passive sounds objective • It is a way to avoid bias • Objectivity can be applied to any human quality and lies in our thinking and in our choice of actionsso this is not a good reason

  4. 2.Using I or We sounds unprofessional • Passive construction does not make writing objective or more professional • It is a way to avoid responsibility

  5. 3. The passive emphasizes results • It also emphasizes actions

  6. What Is the Passive Construction? • The passive construction inverts the active word order to emphasize what happened, rather than who did it. • Ex: “I made the cake” (Active) “ The cake is made by me” (Passive)

  7. When Is It All Right to Be Passive? • Passive voice is right for you when you want to emphasize results • Ex: “The weather man delivered the warning.” “The warning was delivered by the weather man.” (emphasis falls on the warning)

  8. When Is the Passive the Wrong Choice? • When you write instructions • Passive: Data components are stored in protective enclosures. • Active: Store data components in protective enclosures. • When “it” is the subject of the passive verb • Passive: It is recommended that this new policy be instituted at once. • Active: We recommend instituting this new policy at once.

  9. Summary • 3 reasons why engineers use passive voice • The Passive Sounds Objective • UsingI or We Sounds Unprofessional • The Passive Emphasizes Results • Passive is the right choice: • When you want to emphasize results • When the actor does not need to be known • Passive is the wrong choice: • When you write instructions • When “it” is the subject of the passive voice

  10. Any Questions

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