ENC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cognizant

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Center for Written and Oral Communication
• Course: ENC 1101
• Professor: Joseph Heizman

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Adding by zombies to the end of the sentence can indicate passive voice. If it makes sense, then the sentence is in passive voice. Only a few times to use passive voice correctly. Emphasize the action rather than the actor. Keep the subject and focus consistent throughout the paper. When you don"t want to name the actor. Describe a condition in which the actor is unknown or unimportant. Ex: the committee has to approach it differently . Beware of nominalizations (verbs made into nouns by adding -tion) Do not use to denote possession of an object. Don"t use too many in a single sentence. Usually obscure the main subject and action of a sentence. Usually muddy the sentence and lead to empty wordiness. Unless readers are familiar with your terminology, avoid using phrases with many consecutive nouns. Bad: mhs has a hospital employee relations improvement program.