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ClearTips: Edit yourself
Switching from passive voice to active: Give the sentence an active subject
| The book was written in 1994. |
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She wrote the book in 1994. |
| The tire will have to be changed. |
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You will have to change the tire. |
| It is expected... |
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We expect... |
| It is felt... |
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I feel... |
| It is thought... |
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Many people think... |
| It will be remembered that... |
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Remember that... |
In making the impersonal personal, avoid the use of one,
which is equally impersonal, If used more than once, it sounds overworked:
One wants to avoid having one's sentences sound overworked, doesn't
one?
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