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If Only He'd Taken The Lane
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Scott en Aztlán <newsgroup> wrote: >http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/135749 > >A teenager was seriously hurt Wednesday morning when the bicycle he >was riding slammed into the back of a parked trailer in Oro Valley. Gotta love passive voice. Evidentally blaming this blind and/or inattentive cyclist just isn't politically correct. Would it really be that bad to write "A teenager was seriously hurt Wednesday morning when he rode his bicycle into the back of a parked trailer in Oro Valley."? -- There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can result in a fully-depreciated one. |
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If Only He'd Taken The Lane
Matthew Russotto wrote: > In article >, > Scott en Aztlán <newsgroup> wrote: > >http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/135749 > > > >A teenager was seriously hurt Wednesday morning when the bicycle he > >was riding slammed into the back of a parked trailer in Oro Valley. > > Gotta love passive voice. Evidentally blaming this blind and/or > inattentive cyclist just isn't politically correct. Would it really > be that bad to write "A teenager was seriously hurt Wednesday morning > when he rode his bicycle into the back of a parked trailer in Oro > Valley."? > -- > There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can > result in a fully-depreciated one. Agreed. I love it when the news says that "a car went out of control"... Dang things have a mind of their own. (Which beats the drivers, sometimes....) |
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