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Wait what, TIL there was/is a crusade against... the passive fucking voice?
Some people just need to invent problems for their life to feel meaningful, don't they
@V0ldek This is a hill I will die on: the passive voice ABSOLUTELY does not belong in a work of fiction. (Academic papers and reports are another matter entirely, but fiction: no.)
The Atrocity Archives, p. 13 of the Ace paperback edition
The Jennifer Morgue, p. 92 of the Golden Gryphon hardcover