In the previous column, on variation in sentence patterns in te reo, attention was focused specifically on the difference between active and passive verb-forms. With an active verb the subject is ...

Whether you write on a part- or full-time basis, you can benefit from becoming more familiar with an often-overlooked aspect of writing that is treated in today’s column: active and passive voice ...

Of all the technical advice I offer writers, none is more controversial than encouragement to use the passive voice. Most writers prefer the active, and so do I. But that preference has been distorted ...

Learning any language, obviously, entails becoming familiar with numerous features of the language in question. Recent columns have been focussed on gaining broad understanding of the use of the ...