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Subject:Re: Challenge to active-verb advocates From:John Posada <jposada -at- NOTES -dot- CC -dot- BELLCORE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 26 Jan 1996 14:32:06 -0500
(clock starts ticking)
"The leaves on the sidewalk were kicked and scattered by passing
feet."
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How about...
"Passing feet kicked and scattered the leaves on the sidewalk"
John Posada
Technical Writer
Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ
(908) 699-5839 (W)
jposada -at- notes -dot- cc -dot- bellcore -dot- com (W)
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I don't speak for my employer and they return the favor
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