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cjarvis810last Monday at 9:22 PM1 replyview on HN

Technical writing should be third person passive, so forget all those pesky pronouns.


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kqrlast Monday at 9:43 PM

That is commonly claimed, but it is thought by some to lead to unnecessarily complicated text. A tendency is also noticed for the passive voice to be introduced as part of such rules.

In case the irony isn't clear, I disagree. Clarity first, and stylistic choices after that.