If you haven’t through about “the passive voice” since high school (or not even then), picture this: I’m on an airplane, waiting to take off for a corporate speaker coaching gig in Houston. It’s a little puddle-jumper — three seats across and sized for what Americans weighed in 1947 — so I’m six inches away when the Read More
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“Mistakes Were Made”: The Passive Voice
OK, grammar geeks; settle back for a quick refresher on the active versus the passive voice. (And if you didn’t see my newsletter about “It’s the Tray Table’s Fault,” click here to receive monthly issues.) A statement in the active voice features someone (the “subject”) who is doing something (the “verb”) to someone or something Read More