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Originally Posted by troutman
My most influential professor was DeLloyd Guth at UBC (now Manitoba I think, maybe retired now). He taught our Legal History course, but he also spent a great deal of time teaching us how to write more concisely and precisely. Using active voice. I don't think I ever mastered his lessons, but I never had another professor that spent so much time teaching about writing.
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Interesting! I had a hard time switching my writing to passive voice for lab reports. I got corrected on it often in high school but didn't master passive voice until undergrad. I almost never use it now...