What's funny is that if they went with "was driven" it would allow them to be equally vague and also not set off half as many grammar bells to alert people to the deceit.
Grade school beats into your head how you should avoid passive voice and use action verbs when writing, yet we still see this shit in "newspapers of record".
What's funny is that if they went with "was driven" it would allow them to be equally vague and also not set off half as many grammar bells to alert people to the deceit.
Grade school beats into your head how you should avoid passive voice and use action verbs when writing, yet we still see this shit in "newspapers of record".
It's a manifestation of the browning of America.