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I don't like the weaselly passive voice. And it's still not clear if a person who doesn't have the clout on social media can get attention.
by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
I don't like the weaselly passive voice. And it's still not clear if a person who doesn't have the clout on social media can get attention.
- silversconfused 7y agoWhat jumped out to you as weaselly? It read more like a blameless postmortem to me than weaseling around (unlike any of the recent big PII breaches), and they acknowledged that this needs to be something they respond more quickly to directly.
- naniwaduni 7y agohttp://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/passive_loathing.pdf http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/passive_loathing.pdf
- bcooks 7y agoThanks for the pointer. I'm going to blame my dad/up bringing for my over use of passive voice. He will be deeply amused by this. I will read the paper and attempt to improve.
- BobbyVsTheDevil 7y agoExcuse me, but that is not how it's done. Repeat after me: The paper will be read and attempts to improve will be made. Dad will be blamed.