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"We have finally fully arrived at the ultimate in passive voice:" No, the ultimate in the passive voice had already been attained [nb, passive voice omg] with
by kenko 11y ago
"We have finally fully arrived at the ultimate in passive voice:"
No, the ultimate in the passive voice had already been attained [nb, passive voice omg] with "the lazy dog was jumped over by the quick brown fox". The passive voice is not an obfuscatory technique, and the further obfuscations have nothing to do with grammatical passivity. Indeed, "Speed was involved in a jumping‑related incident with a lazy dog while a fox was brown" does not contain a single instance of the passive voice. In fact, as soon as we get to the "was involved" parts of the article, we no longer have the passive voice around.