Today’s column topic was suggested by a writer who is published in the Glendale News-Press and whose books are loved far and wide. The topic: passive sentence structure. The example: the ...

Even when you think you’ve got a handle on grammar, you might not realize how easy it is easy to unwittingly venture into lexical territory that would rile your freshman year English teacher.

Writing in the active voice makes the meaning clear while keeping sentences from becoming complicated and wordy. Sentences using passive voice are not necessarily wrong, just less effective than ...

People who give advice on copywriting often say, “Avoid using the passive voice.” This universal statement is not always correct but, more importantly, it is often confusing because most of us use ...

Today’s column topic was suggested by a writer who is published in the Glendale News-Press and whose books are loved far and wide. The topic: passive sentence structure. The example: the ...