# The passive voice

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passive-voice/565224>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 23, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passive-voice/565224 "2010-12-23T21:29:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passive-voice/565224/41 "2010-12-27T13:54:20Z")

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> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#):
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> (Don’t know how Strunk wrote, and neither does anyone else.)

Plenty of people know how Strunk wrote. If you are interested, [here.](http://www.bartleby.com/141/)

For his pre-White words on the active/passive question, see [here.](http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk5.html#11)

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