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torstenvl on Jan 28, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Passive in English (2011)

> more than 20 percent of their clauses with transitive verbs are cast in the passive

I smiled. Brilliantly played.

gjvc on Jan 28, 2023 [–]

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