What does passive structure mean?

[jeninflorida]

help!

 

[sr71plt]

google is your friend. This is just one discussion you can find on the net:

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/active-voice-versus-passive-voice.aspx

 

[jeninflorida]

google is your friend. This is just one discussion you can find on the net:

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/active-voice-versus-passive-voice.aspx

Yeah, I googled it...just having a bad night. Was rejected by a publisher

 

[sr71plt]

Bummer.

 

[jeninflorida]

Bummer.

Well no matter how one frames it....some times one is dealt a bad hand. so, I'll put my big girl pants on and read the links and rewrite the story.

I'm looking for a wine and pity party

 

[mcguinness]

[wrong thread]

 

[jeninflorida]

[wrong thread]

Wow, you are upset at someone. Hope you work it out

 

[mcguinness]

Wow, you are upset at someone. Hope you work it out

Heh, sorry about that.

 

[jeninflorida]

Heh, sorry about that.

lol no worries. I'm happy that you are not pissed at me! ha

 

[JackLuis]

I sr's attachment I found this which sums up my feelings on EOS.

50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice

The Elements of Style does not deserve the enormous esteem in which it is held by American college graduates. Its advice ranges from limp platitudes to inconsistent nonsense. Its enormous influence has not improved American students' grasp of English grammar; it has significantly degraded it.

I have consulted the EOS several times and each time I'm left unfulfilled. You'd think that they would use diagrams to illuminate the grammar points?

 

[sr71plt]

To the extent it matters, I often feel the same way when I go looking in the Chicago Manual of Style. They have a talent for not answering the specific example I'm working with.