Passive: An efficient methodology to examine a space–time continuous dataset for urban irrigation water use is developed in this study. Passive: In this study, a design of an electric hot water tank is presented.Īctive: This study develops an efficient methodology to examine a space–time continuous dataset for urban irrigation water use. Present tense – tense often used for AimsĪctive: In this study, we present our design of an electric hot water tank.
Active vs passive voice in academic writing series#
Passive: A series of environmental problems, including photochemical smog, broken ozonosphere, and environmental pollution, can be induced by volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from industries and vehicle exhausts.
Passive: The risk of hair loss is increased by vitamin A.Īctive: Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from industries and vehicle exhausts can induce a series of environmental problems, including photochemical smog, broken ozonosphere, and environmental pollution. Present tense – tense often used in the Introduction/Discussion/ConclusionĪctive: Vitamin A increases the risk of hair loss. Here are some examples of the active/passive voice used in different tenses. Please see our “ Verb tenses in a scientific manuscript” post. You will use a variety of tenses when writing a scientific paper.
Passive voice – the subject is acted upon. As such, most scientific journals encourage the use of the active voice over the passive voice. The active voice promotes simple, straightforward writing.
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