A Quote by Constance Hale
Some of the worst writing around suffers from inert verbs and the unintended use of the passive voice. Yet the passive voice remains an important arrow in the rhetorical quiver. After all, it exists for a reason.
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Using the passive voice is always very helpful. Mind you, a lot of that propaganda English emanates from here. The British establishment has always used the passive voice. It's been a weapon of discourse so those who committed terrible acts in the old empire could not be identified.
Each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I blister.
The devil hath not, in all his quiver's choice, An arrow for the heart like a sweet voice.
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Squid experts have been debating for some time about whether the giant squid is a passive predator that just floats around in the water and waits to bump into something. I was never one to imagine it to be passive.
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The voice is certainly important and you can hear if it's beautiful or not, it's the gods who decide; it's more a question of what you do with the voice, which is the mysterious element. It's the personality behind the voice which makes the artist. The voice is a gift of God, but if you're not able to use this gift, what's left? Nothing but a beautiful voice, without nuance or color.
Ladies, use a loving voice, use a respectful voice, use a godly voice, but don't lose your voice.
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My voice has a quiver/ A quiver is where you keep arrows until you shoot them.
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