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Going out of style?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Dennis Baron
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Abstract

The passive voice may not currently be popular with advisers on how to write, but that does not necessarily make it a vice.

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 6 - 12
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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