linguisten:

dorkilybeautiful:

quasi-normalcy:

What’s even the point of passive voice in scientific writing? “Oh it makes it more objective.” What so the samples prepared themselves, did they?

The samples were prepared.

For anything.

It’s also an elegant way to conceal that some uncredited intern did most of the actual work. 

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