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March 11, 2014 05:53
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March 06, 2014 15:51
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March 04, 2014 01:22
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But to answer the question, I suspect that it is for the same reason that "people with disabilities"......
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February 28, 2014 17:15
RE: Make up your mind, please.
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There is an inevitable drift with such language. I guarantee that at some stage in the future "perso......
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February 28, 2014 17:12
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February 27, 2014 17:27
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OK A simple sentence will do for an example here's a nice straight forward SVO (subject verb objec......
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February 06, 2014 03:25
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And, of course, exists is another verb that's always intransitive and can therefore never be passive......
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February 04, 2014 19:15
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I still sometimes check the FB group or online copies of my old local newspaper in England - the Exp......
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February 04, 2014 02:43
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THE POLL HAS BEEN RESET - THERE WAS ONLY ONE VOTE IF YOU ALREADY VOTED FOR NUMBER 7 PLEASE VOTE AGAI......
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February 02, 2014 02:12
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The quotes were pulled straight from the article goofy linked....
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February 01, 2014 22:15
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It occurred to me while posting in the passive voice discussion that politicians in general, but par......
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February 01, 2014 19:16
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Those examples aren't just active sentences they are, including the commentary, truly bizarre choice......
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February 01, 2014 18:56
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I pulled a random bit of scientific prose from the internet and rewrote it in the Active voice (inve......
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February 01, 2014 18:43
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February 01, 2014 18:33
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I just don't see this "wordiness" argument. Your version contains just four fewer words than Churchi......
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February 01, 2014 18:21
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All of which, interesting though it is, is getting off the point of why people have so much difficul......
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January 31, 2014 23:28
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January 31, 2014 23:26
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The US one sounds like two to me....
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January 31, 2014 23:07
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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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January 31, 2014 02:02
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