If you want a good indicator of who holds the power in a relationship just ask the question, who doesn’t need the relationship? Now, it is true that many relationships are more or less equitable in terms of power, like two intimate friends who’ve learned to depend on each other. And it must be said …
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(tongue firmly in cheek on the title, in case you’ve never heard of him) Samuel Johnson’s first essay in The Rambler: “No. 1. Difficulty of the first address. Practice of the epick poets. Convenience of periodical performances.” “I hope not much to tire those whom I shall not happen to please; and if I am …
You’re welcome, future me. Geoffrey K. Pullum bashes The Elements of Style in his article, “50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice” ===== What concerns me is that the bias against the passive is being retailed by a pair of authors so grammatically clueless that they don’t know what is a passive construction and what isn’t. Of the …
