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The Passive Voice Should be Avoided, by Collin Gifford Brooke

Kyle Stedman reads "The Passive Voice Should be Avoided,"" by Collin Gifford Brooke. Audio and text of this section are available below.

Chapter keywords: active voice, cohesion, grammar, mechanics, passive voice, sentences

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