my past self has good taste

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tinsnip:

I have all these sweet feels about Odo’s Bajoran security officer squad. They all look like him. They all wear their hair like him. They’re all beige like him. They must have been so lonely without him these last few days, while he’s been holed up in his quarters with She Who Must Not Be Named, and they’ve been stuck with Damar as a boss, and doesn’t that suck, and all of a sudden Odo rolls in full of piss and vinegar and shouts, “Let’s go shoot some Cardassians,” and they’re all like,

DADDY’S HOME

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mightymur:

The final, brilliant word on passive voice.

“She was killed [by zombies.]” <—- passive

“Zombies killed [by zombies] her.” <—- active

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(Found from FYCD.)

This is so perfect.

Oh my god, yes. Next time the Ad Sales department submits a piece that’s entirely in passive voice, instead of trying to explain it (which never works) or just rewriting it (which just pisses them off), I’m going to insert “by zombies” everywhere and give it back to them.

Mind = blown [by zombies]

theparadoxymoron, have your students been taught this yet?

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