Entries Tagged as 'passive voice'
exhibit a) spotted at a laundromat in silver lake by jessica in los angeles…
exhibit b) from ronnie’s diner, also in l.a., by valerie:
exhibit c) from barnacle bill’s in sarasota, florida:
exhibit d) from, as miranda explains, ” the local ‘community thrift store’ in dahlonega,georgia, where everything is donated, and all the people who work there…are volunteers. raising [...]
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Tags: "customer service" · CAPS LOCK · highlighter · passive voice
amber received this amazing note in an envelope on her doorstep in sacramento. “i have no idea which neighbor sent this to me, but i can only assume it was the paranoid-looking woman who lived above me,” she says. “but i don’t do drugs. i don’t even smoke cigarettes!”
related: don’t hate the playa
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Tags: a little uptight · drugs · holiday spirit · neighbors · not-so-veiled threats · odor · passive voice · sacramento
reading in the bathroom is one thing…but kicking back with a purloined snapple? that’s one step too far for this food service establishment, as spotted by jenny in washington, d.c.
you gotta love that passive voice! any kindly guesses re: the crossed-out word?
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Tags: bathroom · highlighter · not-so-veiled threats · passive voice · restaurant · stealing
no lols from this feline — just some lovely passive voice!
(thanks to megan in michigan.)
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Tags: cats · cleaning · michigan · passive voice · roommates · signed with love · whiteboard