Canageek feed Reading Whitesides paper on how to write a paper. But but... I LIKE THIRD PERSON PASSIVE! I don't ant to use active voice!
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@Canageek In college, English majors like me had to rescue Science majors like you from the passive voice.
@Darien_Mason it is traditional that lab reports and scientific papers are written in 3rd person passive.
@Canageek Must agree with you on third person passive! That's how most papers are written btw?
@rigelkitty it seems there is a move in chem towards active voice. Apprently the more traditional jornals stick to passive but active is
@rigelkitty becoming more popular. With people like Whitesides backing it it makes sense it would be...