# What's with all the passive voice hate?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-passive-voice-hate/687289>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 29, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-passive-voice-hate/687289 "2014-04-29T17:19:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-passive-voice-hate/687289/21 "2014-04-29T19:59:47Z")

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> [@Inner\_Stickler](#):
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> That sounds awful. I can’t imagine you read much fiction then. I mean, a person can’t even get past the first sentence of Left Hand of Darkness without tripping over a passive. LeGuin, such a hack.

I read a fair amount of fiction, but no, never any Le Guin.

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