Fear and loathing of the English passive

2014/01/21 by Geoffrey K. Pullum · 1 voice · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Discourse Analysis in Language Studies #Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies #Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

paper · doi:10.1016/j.langcom.2013.08.009

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• Passive voice [wikipedia]

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• As far as I can tell, the two passives in the quoted are "was not created by, or approved by" and "will be provided". What difference would switching those sentences to actives make in the taking of r [bsky, 2 points, 1 comments]