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... would someone please explain to him what the passive voice is.

Colbert: Putting it in the passive voice doesn't make you innocent.


The passage he is talking about?

I have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the Senate. I don't believe the continuation of this process will change anything. It is sad for me to admit that, as an institution, the Congress has failed.

I will give a hundred dollars to the first person who can find the passive voice in that paragraph.

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"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
 
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That is clearly not the passive voice. I like Colbert too, but not sure what he is thinking here.
 
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