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I’m going to fail you today.
I don’t have the answers. I’ve got some ideas. I’ve got techniques for making sure your readers make it all the way to your last sentence, but not the end-all, be-all. I’m hoping you can fill in the blanks.
Without further ado, here are 10 tricks you [...]

We’ve already explained that sometimes there are excellent reasons to use passive voice . Let us be clear once again that the use of passive voice is NOT a grammatical error, no matter what your professor says. It is a matter of both style and clarity — there are several reasons, however, to avoid [...]

Problem: You believe passive voice is a sin.
Solution: Wrong! Passive voice can be a very powerful tool, so long as you don’t overuse it.