The Language Log talked about something called the SpinSpotter, which is supposed to be an application that scans text on the web and identifies grammar or spelling mistakes as well as the authors' biases. The application of course is not real and part of what gives it away in the article announcing it is that the guys were unable to identify what a passive voice is. The line in question is:
passive voice (example: a story says "bombs land" without stating which party is responsible for them)
How can you say that you want to get rid of passive voice when you don't even know the difference between passive voice and intransitive verbs?!?
(crossblogged in cynthax)
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