Comments on: The Passive Voice Is Corrected by Buzzword http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/10/01/the-passive-voice-is-corrected-by-buzzword/ Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:32:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jonathon http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/10/01/the-passive-voice-is-corrected-by-buzzword/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Jonathon Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:31:41 +0000 http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/10/01/the-passive-voice-is-corrected-by-buzzword/#comment-71 Well, I managed to sign up for a trial of Buzzword, and it turns out that it has no grammar-checking abilities at all. The underlined text and marginal comment in the screenshot were a comment from a user, just like Word's commenting abilities. Buzzword: 1 Jonathon: 0 The creator of that sample document: ? Well, I managed to sign up for a trial of Buzzword, and it turns out that it has no grammar-checking abilities at all. The underlined text and marginal comment in the screenshot were a comment from a user, just like Word’s commenting abilities.

Buzzword: 1
Jonathon: 0
The creator of that sample document: ?

]]> By: Jonathon http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/10/01/the-passive-voice-is-corrected-by-buzzword/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Jonathon Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:28:09 +0000 http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/10/01/the-passive-voice-is-corrected-by-buzzword/#comment-64 It's a full-on passive. Generally, [form of BE] + [past particple] = passive construction. And as for whether it <i>should</i> say that, well, that's a different issue. It’s a full-on passive. Generally, [form of BE] + [past particple] = passive construction. And as for whether it should say that, well, that’s a different issue.

]]> By: pooka http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/10/01/the-passive-voice-is-corrected-by-buzzword/comment-page-1/#comment-63 pooka Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:03:47 +0000 http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/10/01/the-passive-voice-is-corrected-by-buzzword/#comment-63 Should it say "Buzzword fixed passive wording"? It's not a full on passive, but it is a passive participle. Should it say “Buzzword fixed passive wording”? It’s not a full on passive, but it is a passive participle.

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