Order Description
Teacher’s Instructions:
* Refrain from writing of past events in the present tense. One should, not for example, write, �George Washington appoints Alexander Hamilton the Secretary of the Treasury.� The reason one should
not do that should be obvious. Just in case it is not, I will explain it: Washington appointed Hamilton to that post in 1789, in the past.
* The active voice is superior to the passive voice. Avoiding the passive voice can become awkward in a few cases, such as �She was born� (although I have found elegant ways of avoiding the passive
voice in even that circumstance), but the passive voice is almost always awkward. Write with a preference for the active voice. Use the active voice as much as humanly possible. I AM MORE CATHOLIC
THAN THE POPE, SO TO SPEAK, REGARDING THIS MATTER.