At 01:59 PM 3/18/2008, Spruiell, William C wrote: . . . one of the texts admonished students never to mix active and passive in the same sentence – apparently, sentences like “Sven applied to college and was accepted” are verboten, . . . Has anyone run into this one before? DD: No. I was an editor of a poetry and literary magazine. (Short lived.) Later, I was an editor of a trade association news letter. (Founded about a century before I had the job and still running.) I took the courses in the military anent writing. I never heard of this "rule." To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/