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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 4939915, member: 181"] Whether consciously or not, you wrote your post in the passive voice with the verb "to be." The passive voice states conditions in a way that avoids, hides, or otherwise lacks a clearly articulated subject and action. I mean no personal criticism of you in pointing that out. Many people who read your sentence will agree with it. Others will not. The passive voice enables writers to make strong, conclusive statements, without a full measure of personal responsibility. Careful readers will note that I just did that in my previous sentence. [/QUOTE]