Interesting linguistic challenge. I had a repeat dentist appointment for repair work, and the dentist asked me what I needed.

I didn't know if it was the same dentist as a couple of weeks ago -- the turnaround is so quick (zero small talk) and they're all masked.

So I explained, in passive voice, never referencing "she" or "you" when describing what the dentist told me last time.

"I was told that I needed X and that if it couldn't be done I needed Y."

#PassiveVoice #EditingLife

when the sneaky #passivevoice edit conveniently forgets that the FBI was the one who did the pressuring

relevant: https://momentum.medium.com/check-your-privilege-and-your-passive-voice-6b301a9bcccc

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Wow. I rarely see an actual, verbatim "Mistakes were made" quotation!

#PassiveVoice #Grammar

"An error occurred."

Oh it did did it?

#passivevoice