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Subject:Re: Passive voice From:SuePStewrt -at- AOL -dot- COM Date:Wed, 30 Nov 1994 05:21:28 -0500
If the object is the item of importance to the reader passive voice is
correct. The example I always use is a couple of headlines one might see on
the day after the NFL draft:
* In the Dallas Morning News: Cowboys Sign "Freezer" Bigshoulders
* In the Podunk Prowler, hometown newspaper of the first-round choice:
"Freezer" Signed by Dallas Cowboys
