Roy Peter Clark on Chris Christie and the passive voice: How grammar helps craft governor’s image (The Record).
[The Record is the New Jersey newspaper that first reported on the Christie-Fort Lee story.]
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
“Mistakes were made”
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Our daughter once gave this excuse for an major oversight: "It didn't get itself into my backpack."
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A tactful way of placing blame. I will pass it on to my students.
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