In this infographic, we discuss the use of the active and passive voice in scientific writing. The infographic contains the following text: The active voice promotes simple, straightforward writing. As such, most scientific journals encourage the use of the active voice over the passive voice. Active voice – the subject acts. Passive voice – […]
Active versus passive voice in scientific writing
The active voice promotes simple, straightforward writing. As such, most scientific journals encourage the use of the active voice over the passive voice [1]. Active voice – the subject acts. Passive voice – the subject is acted upon. You will use a variety of tenses when writing a scientific paper. Please see our “Verb tenses […]
