Passive voice is language dependent

[rachaelbradley]

Many people will advocate against passive voice for plain language – but this only really works in English. It may be important to note that passive voice may be the plain language option in other languages for certain content. For example, the passive is used for polite commands in Turkish, as noted in this linguistics book.

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