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Re:Hemingway Editor by whatshisface on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @12:21PM (#25126441)
>Passive voice can be used to omit the doer of the action, which is preferable when the action itself is the focus.

Behold, the most important thing to know about business writing:

>Chris broke the build.

>The build was broken.

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Re:Hemingway Editor by Garlef on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @12:24PM (#25126491)
"The team decided to let chris break the build." ;)
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Re:Hemingway Editor by groby_b on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @12:30PM (#25126591)
Still to finger-pointy. Try "a build breakage occurred".
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Re:Hemingway Editor by whatshisface on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @12:33PM (#25126630)
"The set of broken expanded to include the build."
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Re:Hemingway Editor by cbozeman on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:40PM (#25127749)
Jesus.

We Chrises can never get a break... unless its the build. -_-

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