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Re: [OM] Active Voice instead of Passive

Subject: Re: [OM] Active Voice instead of Passive
From: Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 11:07:03 -0500
What if worms carried .45s. Birds wouldn't fuck with 'em, would they?

But thanks, mate, for a succinct yet clarifying example of exactly what it
means to be pedantic. <wink + g>

--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal


On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 2:51 AM, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> They live in the Americas. Thus…
> And it’s not really in your name, which is the United States of that
> particular region. It’s an addendum or afterthought.
> What if Canada renamed itself as the United Provinces of North America,
> which it could.
>
> Andrew Fildes, United States of Australia (Christmas, bored, feeling ill,
> looking for a fight)
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> www.soultheft.com
>
>
>
> > On 25 Dec 2015, at 4:55 pm, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > Not so.  Although there are other countries on the American continents
> the United States of America is the only country with America in its name.
> Sorry, I've heard that geographical arrogance bit too many times.
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >
> > On 12/25/2015 12:22 AM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> >> If Americans deviate from proper English, they only have themselves
> >> to blame for any confusion. Even calling themselves Americans is a
> >> kind of geographical arrogance.
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