In addition to the unfair maligning of the passive, I note that the following (simplified from a line in http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2922) is not marked as passive despite being so:
"This example will go unidentified as passive if you trust bad grammar-checking programs."
The problem is never the passive per se - it's unclear writing, period. Sometimes that involves passive voice.
"This example will go unidentified as passive if you trust bad grammar-checking programs."
The problem is never the passive per se - it's unclear writing, period. Sometimes that involves passive voice.