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   K-ZO da Snowman (kzodasnowman@spore.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 03:28:53 JST K-ZO da Snowman

   • Toastie

   Passive voice suckkkkkkks. Good thread on good faith!

   From: @Toastie
   https://journa.host/@Toastie/112134665335686706

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 03:31:30 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Toastie

     @Toastie @kzodasnowman
     Agreed, and your original PV construction was better for that reason. The crime is not the grammar; the crime is obscuring the actor. Your revision was and is solid.

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     Toastie (toastie@journa.host)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 03:31:31 JST Toastie

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     @kzodasnowman Active voice would be "Americans took 90% of the Yurok Tribe's territory..." but that makes Americans the subject instead of the Yurok Tribe.

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     K-ZO da Snowman (kzodasnowman@spore.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 03:31:32 JST K-ZO da Snowman

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     • Toastie

     @Toastie also the correction names the actor, which is at least partially out of passive? Now I have to re-educate myself on passive, heh

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     K-ZO da Snowman (kzodasnowman@spore.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 03:31:33 JST K-ZO da Snowman

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     • Toastie

     @Toastie there's a difference in scale of impact between your use and the article's use 😂

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     Toastie (toastie@journa.host)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 03:31:34 JST Toastie

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     @kzodasnowman In fairness (and to my chagrin) my correction was in PV too 😅