I've been an English teacher (50 years ago), newspaper writer, political speech writer, report writer, and Fanfic writer, and I have come to understand that one uses active and passive voices at different times to produce different effects. I never taught that it was a no-no, but there are instances when it weakaens the effect of what you are trying to achieve. This is especially true in fiction writing.
Like Miz Rat, Nan and others, I decide for myself if Word's grammar correcter is appropriate or not. Most of the time it isn't, but sometimes it is.
And oh, yes, born and schooled in the South, I taught in the Midwest and West and now live in the Northwest, all in the USA. ( How's that for mixing voices in the same sentence?)
Jude
