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    +1 as writing this way encourages you the writer to consider the potential reader and that can really help you see concepts that might need to be better expounded upon. Commented Jul 8, 2011 at 22:13
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    // we approve of this answer :) Commented Jul 9, 2011 at 1:36
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    +1 and an amplification: contrariwise, passive-voice constructions like "it can be resized" are rejected in writing generally as we find them difficult to understand. If you use passive-voice you force your reader to invent and remember a subject for the sentence. Commented Jul 9, 2011 at 10:32
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    @msw: shouldn't that be 'we reject passive-voice constructions like "it can be resized"...' then? Commented Jul 9, 2011 at 19:44
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    @msw, in Russian, for example, passive voice constructs are more common and are understood more easily due to some cultural differences. (And no, I did not write that sentence in passive voice on purpose!) Commented Jul 18, 2011 at 14:29