{"id":31965,"date":"2023-05-08T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?page_id=31965"},"modified":"2024-01-01T08:16:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T12:16:13","slug":"resources-on-the-passive-voice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/what-is-readability\/how-to-avoid-passive-voice\/resources-on-the-passive-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources on the passive voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Websites, books and tools<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28650\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28650\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/writing-process\/resources-on-the-writing-process\/resources-red-book\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/resources-red-book.png\" data-orig-size=\"401,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"resources-red-book\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Learn more about getting modifiers and hyperbole out of your message. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/female-hand-book-on-white-background-1559561663&quot; 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rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image by Pixel-Shot&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/resources-red-book-300x224.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/resources-red-book.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/resources-red-book.png\" alt=\"Resources on the passive voice\" title=\"Resources on the passive voice\" width=\"401\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/resources-red-book.png 401w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/resources-red-book-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Learn more about activating the passive voice. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/female-hand-book-on-white-background-1559561663\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Image by Pixel-Shot<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bartleby.com<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Great books, free of charge, online. Don\u2019t miss the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/64\/C002\/007.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defense of the passive voice<\/a> in <em>The American Heritage Book of English Usage.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/04\/30\/the-pleasures-and-perils-of-the-passive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Pleasures and Perils of the Passive<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The word <em>passive<\/em> gets a bad rap, argues Constance Hale, author of <em>Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0226899152\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0226899152&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=wylicomminc-20&#038;linkId=2XQZREHB6T3LD2T4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Style: Toward Clarity and Grace<\/a><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Choose the passive when you don&#8217;t know who did it, your readers don&#8217;t care who did it, or you don&#8217;t want them to know who did it,&#8221;\u00a0writes author Joseph M. 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