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Subject:Re: RE: Re: Bad sentence #2 From:Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net> To:Lynne -dot- Wright -at- tritech -dot- com Date:Fri, 29 May 2015 15:12:24 -0500 (CDT)
Lynn, there are no passive verbs in the sentence. In fact, there is
only one subject - verb pairing:
Use . . . . requires . . .
"to control" is an infinitive acting as a modifier . . . I *think* . .
. and "running" is definitely part of a participial phrase modifying
"instrument."
I think. As my creaky English Grammar teacher gears start turning just
a bit.
"Use" as a noun is fine, I think.
"of the [noun]" is wordy, indirect, and much loved by engineers. But
the sentence is grammatically correct!
Its still in passive voice, tho.
And isn't starting the sentence with "Use of" instead of "The use of"
grammatically incorrect?
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