September
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Learn to “see” your writing at the sentence level
Purdue OWL on Active versus Passive Voice
Take the most updated draft of your current writing assignment and look for “viral words” that can weaken your writing.
- are, was, were, been, be, being
- have, had, has
- get, got
- do, did
- just, really, very, like, a lot, so
- and
Before proofreading your final draft for submission cut your viral words by half.