by Catriona Mills

An Exercise in Rhetoric

Posted 16 May 2008 in by Catriona

ME: You are very annoying.
NICK: I can’t help that.
ME: Yes, you can.
NICK: You are very annoyed by me. I can’t help that.

That’s exactly why I tell my students not to use the passive voice as a weapon.

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