Passive Voice Harmful.
I consider “x considered harmful” harmful compared to something like “I observe y and conclude x is harmful in expectation.” The passive voice often obscures what actually happened or what the speaker/writer is describing.
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I consider “x considered harmful” harmful compared to something like “I observe y and conclude x is harmful in expectation.” The passive voice often obscures what actually happened or what the speaker/writer is describing.
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Funding and Authorship This post was made possible by research funding generously provided by Anki, formerly AnkiHub, and was written in collaboration with Giacomo Randazzo.
Funding and Authorship This post was made possible by research funding generously provided by AnkiHub and was written in collaboration with Giacomo Randazzo.