From Peter McBurney, University of Liverpool
I showed Rupert Sheldrake’s article about the merits of the active voice over
the passive in scientific writing to a philosopher friend, who noted an
inconsistency in the quote that came from Lord May, President of the Royal
Society
(21 July, p 48). It began, “In the long run, more authority is conferred
by the direct approach than by . . .”
