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Bug 27573 - Ensure use of active voice
Summary: Ensure use of active voice
Status: RESOLVED MOVED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 alt techniques (editor: Steven Faulkner) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 trivial
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Shane McCarron
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Reported: 2014-12-11 17:35 UTC by Shane McCarron
Modified: 2016-04-28 16:34 UTC (History)
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Description Shane McCarron 2014-12-11 17:35:43 UTC 
In general specifications use the active voice.  In some places in this document, passive voice is used (e.g., "It can be seen that when the image is not available...", "In this case, it is recommended that the..."

Rephrase these to use active voice.
Comment 1 Léonie Watson 2016-04-28 16:34:07 UTC 
Moved to HTML on Github
https://github.com/w3c/html/issues/310