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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:06 AM Original message |
Poll question: The crusade against passive voice |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. whatever grammar check says |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. There is the saccharine hope that if we cure our grammatical passivity... |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. People who say 'passive voice is always bad' are ignorant. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. I once called out the great Will Pitt for just that |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. This crusade is being enthusiastically joined by me! |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. OMG JP! |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Good! nice to see a familiar face |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I'm not here a lot, but a bit more lately since work is kinda slow |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. Praise the passive voice. The active voice is to be shunned! |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Clearly, passive aggressive voice |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. Grammatical mistakes were made. nt |
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HoneychildMooseMoss (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. That is something up with which I shall not put! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. Uh, mistakes were made. |
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