in 61, OG explains that if there is clear action agent in the sentence, active voice provide more information than passive voice. The Gorton-Dodd bill requires that a bank disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from deposited checks.
(A) that a bank disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from deposited checks (B) a bank to disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from a deposited check (C) that a bank disclose to its customers how long it will delay access to funds from deposited checks (D) a bank that it should disclose to its customers how long it will delay access to funds from a deposited check(C) (E) that banks disclose to customers how long access to funds from their deposited check is to be delayed In E, the use of the passive construction is to be delayed is less informative than the active voice because the passive does not explicitly identify the bank as the agent responsible for the delay. |