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... agents within . THE PASSIVE VOICE Active and passive constructions ( called the ... Passives without agents foreground the objects ( vic- tims ) in our minds so ... agentless passive . All it takes is a little practice . One important ...
... agents within . THE PASSIVE VOICE Active and passive constructions ( called the ... Passives without agents foreground the objects ( vic- tims ) in our minds so ... agentless passive . All it takes is a little practice . One important ...
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... agentless passives , is intended and been appointed , to deny his investment in restricting the scope of women's ... agentless passives attempt to make us distrust our own perceptions and intimidate us into accepting without question ...
... agentless passives , is intended and been appointed , to deny his investment in restricting the scope of women's ... agentless passives attempt to make us distrust our own perceptions and intimidate us into accepting without question ...
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... Agentless passives make murky what might otherwise be clear , confuse where one hopes for clarity . I've said throughout this chapter that the passive construction is a danger signal . When we encounter agentless passives , in ...
... Agentless passives make murky what might otherwise be clear , confuse where one hopes for clarity . I've said throughout this chapter that the passive construction is a danger signal . When we encounter agentless passives , in ...
Contents
The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
Copyright | |
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