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Re: Procedural syntax: "Click to expand" vs. "Expand by clicking"

Subject: Re: Procedural syntax: "Click to expand" vs. "Expand by clicking"
From: Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net>
To: "Dubin, David" <David -dot- Dubin -at- sage -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:00:51 -0500

Dubin, David wrote:

Personally, I like [A] because it is in active voice. I am strongly against
the flagrant use of passive voice in technical communications. Since most
technical communications with regard to software and/or hardware is designed
to instruct the user how to do something, I believe it is best to speak to
the user/learner in the same voice as you would if he/she were in front of
you.


[A] and [B] are both in the active voice.

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