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		jrm4 44 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “It turns out” (2010) Haven't seen anyone else mention the following - but it more or less fulfills the same connotative role as the passive voice, no? Takes focus off the agency of -- well, the speaker, but actually anyone?

jb1991 43 days ago [–]

Passive voice refers to a particular grammatical construct that is unrelated to this.

jrm4 43 days ago | [–]

Wrong. Stop nerding so hard. It's related in terms of how it functions as human beings use it.

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