Using the active voice clarifies the sentence and the readers' understanding. The committee will review all applications in early April. Keep it Short Readers can only take in so much new information at one time. Some people recommend that sentences should average 15 words in length and that no sentence should be longer than 25 words. This rule is not hard and fast, however.
Readers can understand longer sentences if they are well constructed and use familiar terms.
A variety of sentence lengths make your writing most interesting. The regional managers who are most responsible for carrying out this policy do not seem to understand it well. Your responsibilities are listed in your job description. You received your job description the first day you worked here. Don't shorten sentences by leaving out words such as that , which , and who .