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 |
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Other Authors: | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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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 |
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