Deffinitely not passive. Note the lack of an active transformation: *We unquestioned the information gathered from a book. But I can see why some people would leap to the conclusion that it's a passive construction. Substitute "questioned," and you have a regular passive. On 05/09/10 15:10, Edgar Schuster wrote: > I enjoyed Pullman's article very much and thought it was on the money. > White himself admitted that he did not know much about his subject > matter. In 1957, he wrote, "I felt uneasy at posing as an expert on > rhetoric, when the truth is I write by ear, always with difficulty and > seldom with any exact notion of what is taking place under the hood." > On another matter, would readers please tell me whether they would > consider the following sentence passive: > > The information gathered from a book was unquestioned. > > The sentence comes from Richard Rodriguez. He is talking about his > early reading experiences in elementary school. > Thanks, > > Ed S > 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/