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		jackcarter on Jan 23, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intuition in Mathematics (2012) [pdf] Using "to be" isn't necessarily the passive voice. The author doesn't use the passive voice in those sentences. http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/passive-voice/

jnbiche on Jan 23, 2017 [–]

You're absolutely right, I misread those.

Passive voice would be "to be drawn", "to be read", etc.

Thank you.

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