Evil passive voice

[Jonathan Lighter]

>From http://www.editorialservice.com/11ways.html :

"A sentence written in passive voice is the shifty desperado who tries to win the gunfight by shooting the sheriff in the back, stealing his horse, and sneaking out of town."

JL




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