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Cartoon: Some grammatical voices for use in scientific writing Active voice: 'Our team collected samples & then tested them' Passive voice: ;Samples were collected & tested' Passive-aggressive voice: 'We did all the collecting & testing. No need to thank us for just doing our job' Clickbait voice: 'We collected some samples... you won't believe what happened next' Haiku voice: 'Quiet science lab, workers arrive, with samples, the testing begins' Conspiracy voice: 'mysterious "samples" were harvested & covertly "tested" by so-called scientists'

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Cartoon: Some grammatical voices for use in scientific writing Active voice: 'Our team collected samples & then tested them' Passive voice: ;Samples were collected & tested' Passive-aggressive voice: 'We did all the collecting & testing. No need to thank us for just doing our job' Clickbait voice: 'We collected some samples... you won't believe what happened next' Haiku voice: 'Quiet science lab, workers arrive, with samples, the testing begins' Conspiracy voice: 'mysterious "samples" were harvested & covertly "tested" by so-called scientists'
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Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Monday, 05-May-2025 15:50:38 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May

More Tom Gauld humour for your Bank Holiday Monday (or normal Monday elsewhere).... enjoy
h/t Nicky Mee/LinkedIn @tomgauld.bsky.social

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