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Actually agree with you on the passive voice, Res. Active voice is good because it is direct and gets the idea to the reader in (essentially) the fewest words possible. But writing is more art than science. There are certainly guidelines since if you forego those completely your message is going to be confused. However, using passive voice can alter the writing by giving it a slightly different flavor. There can certainly be overuse, which is why I think the passive voice witch hunt probably started in the first place, but I agree that outright banning it is silly as it limits the grammatical colors on our writing pallets.