Evil passive voice

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Tue May 15 18:24:17 UTC 2007


On May 15, 2007, at 10:13 AM, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:

> ... It's from the 1986 horror film _The Fly_, in the form "Be afraid.
> Be very afraid."

ah, many thanks.  references to the ADS-L discussion now added to the
posting.

arnold

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