Add to ORKGLegal writers often unknowingly use the passive voice or vague –“ing” words to create detachment. The problem with this is threefold: it leaves the reader wondering who is doing what, it’s boring, and it’s confusing. Fortunately, getting rid of detachment in your writing is easy if you identify and eliminate passive voice and vague –“ing” words. [excerpt
Numerous language campaigns in Denmark have tried to regulate the written language use of public emp...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1997The passive voice is typically thought to be wordy, i...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the passive voice as it occurs in newspaper headlines. T...
As professional writers, attorneys should understand and have command of two of “the worst writing w...
[W]e can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness Expostulation & Reply by William Wordsworth...
This instructional handout offers guidelines for writing in a more concise and clear manner
... [G]ood legal writing should contain no more and no fewer words than necessary to convey the idea...
Another member of The Advocate Editorial Board recently sent me a trial court’s order directing the ...
This instructional handout distinguishes the difference between active and passive voice in writing,...
This thesis brings together two different lines of research, the nature of passive voice, the nature...
Some of us recall when our grammar teachers admon- ished against using the passive voice. However, v...
This instructional handout distinguishes the difference between active and passive voice in writing,...
The adversary system\u27s pressures can strain the tone and tenor of a lawyer\u27s oral speech, but ...
Second, the passive construction (‘has been discussed’) not only forces the use of the auxiliary ver...
The Passive Voice is an important issue of English grammar. First I am going to analyze the similia...
Numerous language campaigns in Denmark have tried to regulate the written language use of public emp...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1997The passive voice is typically thought to be wordy, i...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the passive voice as it occurs in newspaper headlines. T...
As professional writers, attorneys should understand and have command of two of “the worst writing w...
[W]e can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness Expostulation & Reply by William Wordsworth...
This instructional handout offers guidelines for writing in a more concise and clear manner
... [G]ood legal writing should contain no more and no fewer words than necessary to convey the idea...
Another member of The Advocate Editorial Board recently sent me a trial court’s order directing the ...
This instructional handout distinguishes the difference between active and passive voice in writing,...
This thesis brings together two different lines of research, the nature of passive voice, the nature...
Some of us recall when our grammar teachers admon- ished against using the passive voice. However, v...
This instructional handout distinguishes the difference between active and passive voice in writing,...
The adversary system\u27s pressures can strain the tone and tenor of a lawyer\u27s oral speech, but ...
Second, the passive construction (‘has been discussed’) not only forces the use of the auxiliary ver...
The Passive Voice is an important issue of English grammar. First I am going to analyze the similia...
Numerous language campaigns in Denmark have tried to regulate the written language use of public emp...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1997The passive voice is typically thought to be wordy, i...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the passive voice as it occurs in newspaper headlines. T...