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Re: More on What to say to people who LIKE passive voice (fwd)
Subject:Re: More on What to say to people who LIKE passive voice (fwd) From:Len Olszewski <saslpo -at- UNX -dot- SAS -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 4 Feb 1994 13:43:07 -0500
Jim Venis pokes a little fun:
[...]
> > However, if a writer uses that as an excuse to
> > indiscriminately and *lazily* write in the passive voice without even
[...]
> How do you feel about split infinitives? --Jim :-)
Love 'em in postings to this group. The editors catch them in my books
before they reach the galleys. I catch a lot of them, too. Every once in
a while, one slips through. I try.
|Len Olszewski, Technical Writer | "Never confuse motion for action." |
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