Writing Nowadays–Passive vs. Progressive

Language fascinates most writers. An article posted here points out a number of changes happening to the English language happening right under our noses. Wow! Who knew?

One of those changes is an increase in the use of the progressive tense. We say, “I’m going” more often than we say, “I go” these days, while in times gone by, it was the reverse.

But let’s be careful.

In a recent critique at my writers group, I was dinged for using passive voice in several sentences. I went over my manuscript a...