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Discussion Topic  No win situation (in Potpourri) by BobHale
It occurred to me while posting in the passive voice discussion that politicians in general, but par......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
Those examples aren't just active sentences they are, including the commentary, truly bizarre choice......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
I pulled a random bit of scientific prose from the internet and rewrote it in the Active voice (inve......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
I just don't see this "wordiness" argument. Your version contains just four fewer words than Churchi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
All of which, interesting though it is, is getting off the point of why people have so much difficul......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
On the other hand, you are 100% right when you say that it's a style choice. It only becomes a peeve......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
Perfect. A Classic example. "Among and about the headstreams and tributaries of this mighty river l......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limerick Game : Charleroi (in Wordplay) by BobHale
Still don't have many. Two more days to submit then I'll post the poll on Sunday!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  Spell check (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Another oddity with spell checking while writing a review of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Rock as a verb (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
It's clearly just an extension of the slang term "you rock" which itself comes from "the music rocks......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Rock as a verb (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Well no-one has ever "explained: rock to me in this usage and I've never looked it up but I have abs......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limerick Game : Charleroi (in Wordplay) by BobHale
Six from four at the moment. Further submissions will be welcomed....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
Geoffrey Pullum thinks that it's extremely implausible. I'm not so sure. If people are dumb enough n......
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Discussion Topic  Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
Over at Language Log there is another ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Infinity equals minus one twelfth. (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Most of the "proof" in the video is simple arithmetic but that's exactly the problem - you can't do ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Really? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Always like to see the word "antebellum". ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Infinity equals minus one twelfth. (in Potpourri) by BobHale
arithmetic = add subtract multiply or divide real numbers other branches of mathematics include co......
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