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Fear and Loathing of the English Passive (2010) (https://www.lel.ed.ac.uk)

6 points by Tomte about 12 hours ago | 2 comments | View on ycombinator

jruohonen about 12 hours ago |

Thanks, bookmarked. I have never understood this weird and continuing tantrum on passive voice. It seems to be specific to English too.