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Old 08-17-2007, 11:17 PM
JVTruman JVTruman is offline
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Originally Posted by Chancellor Valium View Post
I hate Word. Particularly the words "Passive Voice (consider revising)". What's wrong with the passive? It's not like it outlaws other abnormal forms, even - optatives, subjunctives, perfect passive participles, nominative absolutes, gerunds/gerundives (and no, I'm not sure which is which either...). Why specifically the passive?
You can go into advanced options for the spelling/grammar checker and select various components to check or not check, including 'passive voice'.
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