The passive voice in scientific writing. The current norm in science journals

In contrast to past consensus, many authors now feel that the passive voice compromises the quality of scientific writing. However, studies involving scientific articles are rare. Using a corpus of 60 scientific research articles from six journals, this study examined the proportion of passives used...

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Main Author: Leong, Ping Alvin
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105048
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20426
http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/13/01/JCOM_1301_2014_A03
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English

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