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Subject:Re: PASSIVE VOICE From:Sue Stewart <suepstewrt -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 11 May 1994 02:52:40 EDT
>>how are we defining passive voice. it used to be considered limited
>>to "it is...
>> and "there are..." constructions.
When was this? I've never heard of such a limitation, nor read it in any
grammar/style document, and I'm no spring chicken! Passive voice is, of
course, when the verb does to the subject instead of the subject doing the
verb. And how's that for spavined syntax? suepstewrt -at- aol -dot- com
