When indirectness or tact is required (when you don't want to place blame), use passive-voice verbs. Which of the following sentences are written in the passive-voice. A. The government first issued a warning regarding the use of this pesticide more than 15 months ago.
B. A warning regarding the use of this pesticide was first issued more than 15 months ago.
C. Your order for smart surge protectors will be shipped May 5.
D. The folks in accounting seem to have made a serious error in this report.
E. A serious error seems to have been made in this report.
F. Your insurance policy does not automatically cover damage to rental cars.

E

Explanation: No one is directly addressed and therefore no blame is given

1.) is true

2.) is false

i’m writing a memoir and i’ve been given the great suggestion of placing a ‘sub-narrative’ within some of the chapters – sort of, what was going on with me in the grand scheme of things.

i was wondering how to format this so that it is very obvious we are stepping out the of story.

firstly is a change in font from serif to sans workable? i also use dashes for a scene change. was thinking of using a different scene-changer too.

here’s a (shortened) example:

university – or what’s known as ‘uni’ in australia – were some of the best days of my life. where else do you get to potter around in a great location, have very little responsibility, learn lots of things, do lots of things and walk out four years later with a bonus – a degree!

with my university years i had immersed myself into community of intelligent ambitious people. generally everyone had a confidence about themselves. they knew where they were going in life and weren’t threatened by others.

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next normal paragraph continues here…

(sorry couldn’t show the fonts in this comment field)

too much?