Comments on: Vampire Verbs

By: Byrd

Byrd — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:25:41 +0000

I feel stupid, mainly because I used to know all these words and spent a great deal of time attending english classes. Now I’m left wondering where all my knowledge of the English language hath disappeared to.

MEH.
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By: Steve Hall

Steve Hall — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:06:27 +0000

@Charlie: Oh, I completely agree that the use of passive voice should be restrained, rather than eliminated. Sometimes, you just need to use it…just as you sometimes need to end a sentence with a preposition (yeah, that’s a bad example, but no coffee yet!).

AHA! Tami, thank you–my next 2-minute drill will clarify the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs. Stay tuned! ;)
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By: Tami

Tami — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:28:05 +0000

@Charlie
Writers should aim for writing that is neither boring nor passive.

Also, transitive verbs arg. You two and your crazy grammar talk!
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