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Discussion Topic  RE: Word related comics (in Potpourri) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  How the Grinch Stole Grammar (in The Written Word) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Make up your mind, please. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
But to answer the question, I suspect that it is for the same reason that "people with disabilities"......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Make up your mind, please. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
There is an inevitable drift with such language. I guarantee that at some stage in the future "perso......
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Discussion Topic  t**t (in Potpourri) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
OK A simple sentence will do for an example here's a nice straight forward SVO (subject verb objec......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
And, of course, exists is another verb that's always intransitive and can therefore never be passive......
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Discussion Topic  How exactly? (in The Written Word) by BobHale
I still sometimes check the FB group or online copies of my old local newspaper in England - the Exp......
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Poll  Charleroi Poll (in Wordplay) by BobHale
THE POLL HAS BEEN RESET - THERE WAS ONLY ONE VOTE IF YOU ALREADY VOTED FOR NUMBER 7 PLEASE VOTE AGAI......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
The quotes were pulled straight from the article goofy linked....
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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: Pronunciation again... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
The US one sounds like two to me....
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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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