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Re: Against "we"

Subject: Re: Against "we"
From: Millman_Harvey <millman -at- JMBCORP -dot- MHS -dot- COMPUSERVE -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 16:00:25 EDT

Larry Kunz noted that:

"... Another means of communication is advised."

> contains a way out of the "We recommend/It is recommended that" ditch,

and found it

>interesting that the machine found a possibility that all of us
>humanoid types overlooked.

However, the machine was prompted by a humanoid type, who resorted to
passive voice to climb out of one ditch and into another.

-- Harv
millman -at- jmbcorp -dot- mhs -dot- compuserve -dot- com

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