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Readers process active-voice sentences faster and understand them more easily than passive-voice sentences.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that readers process active-voice sentences faster and understand them more easily than passive-voice sentences?

Partly. One writing guide states that readers can more easily process active-voice sentences than passive-voice ones, while a 1968 eye-voice-span study found the passive form was more highly constrained and yielded a greater span. Neither source directly measures comprehension ease across both voices, so the evidence only partially addresses the claim.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 1 source for, 1 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 1
Principles for Writing about Quantitative Research
2020
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Nuzzo, R. L. (2020). Principles for Writing about Quantitative Research. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12350

Evidence against · 1
Eye-Voice Span (EVS) within Active and Passive Sentences
1968
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Levin, H. & Kaplan, E. L. (1968). Eye-Voice Span (EVS) within Active and Passive Sentences. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1177/002383096801100405

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