What is meant by passive formulation?
My professor recently corrected an academic paper. He advised me to avoid passive formulations. What does that mean?
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You shall formulate this in the active, your sentences e.g.
The Prof. recently corrected one (me?) scientific housework. He pointed to me, that I should avoid passive formulations (indirect speech is in conjunctive).
I first correct your question and the related text:
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Maybe your Prof wrote “passive formulation”. This is not correct, however, because a formulation is neither active nor passive. She’s not a living thing. A formulation can in the form of assets or liabilities be written, then it is a Active or passive Formulation.
But otherwise your profession is right. Formulations in the passive often have something serious. They are completely fine and also preferable if it is only about the action and either there is no perpetrator (= Agens) or if it is irrelevant. Why do you write? the above text is not active? This makes him more lively and more digestible:
Hello, NBGcool!
The “passive” or “passive formulations” in scientific texts are undesirable for two reasons:
When it comes to something special (a specific study, an important result) the active is better.
If the action is at the centre, the activity is also better.
LG
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Passive: A scientific housework has recently been corrected by my Prof.
Active: My Prof. has recently corrected a scientific housework.
Passive: I was told that I should avoid passive formulations.
Active: He pointed out that I should avoid passive formulations.
Passive formulations already have their permission, but if you use them too often, they make a text difficult to read and boring.
Example: “My professor has recently corrected a scientific housework. He pointed out that I should avoid passive formulations.”
Do you notice the difference?
You should’ve written better:
Recently my professor corrected a scientific housework
Probably something like "the attempt was duched 5 times,
the following results were obtained: "