Rousing the family three times overnight, thinking “this is it”. The fourth and final time, it was. Sunrise brought a new ...

Ben lives in Whitehorse with his wife and two kids, but will be relocating to his hometown of Calgary in the new year. You ...

This handout is also available for download in PDF format. We refer to a sentence as being in the "active voice" when the subject is performing the action of the sentence (the verb). A sentence is in ...

THE cult of the active voice is one of the most enduring in English grammar. From grade school onwards most everybody is taught that sentences in the active voice are the end-all and be-all of English ...

Upon reading "Teaching Writing to Undergrads," I was a bit dismayed by John T. Ikeda Franklin's statement on use of the passive versus active voice when writing science reports (C&EN, Oct. 30, 2006, ...