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Re:Should Error Messages Apologize? by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @09:57AM (#39289310)
>"The site could not be found."

>"Your computer is being updated."

But without the we, it is all passive voice. My English professors in college all hated passive voice.

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Re:Should Error Messages Apologize? by tanjtanjtanj on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @11:54AM (#39290896)
The passive voice is fine. The error of writing in the passive voice when you shouldn't be is common enough in composition that it has been short-handed to "never use the passive voice" though.
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Re:Should Error Messages Apologize? by loloquwowndueo on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @12:13PM (#39291155)
I bet they also told you to “avoid alliteration, always” ;)
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