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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."
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