[Gllug] Star Office/ Open Office.org

[Doug Winter]

On Thu 06 Nov Nix wrote:
> Just about the only thing I've found it *doesn't* complain about is
> short memos written in baby-talk. (Corporatespeak gets complaints about
> the passive voice --- what's wrong with the passive voice? --- and
> overlong sentences.)

Americans are taught to use the active voice because they think it
sounds better.  The natural writing style for Brits is in the passive
voice, especially when writing professional documents.

doug.

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