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On 3/4/15 2:44 PM, Roger Annis via Marxism wrote:
"For many people during the 19th and early 20th centuries, Russians,
Belorussians, Malorussians (Ukrainians)
and Rusins (in the Carpathia region) in that part of Europe were
considered to be branches of a common nationality."
Years ago I took a business writing class at Salomon Brothers where the
instructor warned against the use of the passive voice. He said that it
is a way of concealing accountability. If you write, for example,
"cleared trades are delivered to the P&S department", you have no idea
who is doing the delivering.
Same thing here with Roger's "were considered to be". Who considered it?
Catherine the Great's colonial administrator? Christian Rakovsky?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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