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by duality 2566 days ago
Makes me think of Paul Graham's essay on submarine articles: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html.
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mxcrossb 2566 days ago
It’s pretty clear here. Microsoft wins over skeptics, and who exactly are those won over skeptics? Don’t expect satisfying answers in the article. In general, I wish the passive voice was banned from headlines.
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jcranmer 2566 days ago
> In general, I wish the passive voice was banned from headlines.

I know most people can't detect the passive voice properly, but I'm mystified as to what in this headline even makes you think it's passive. Usually, misidentification of the passive comes from people identifying some variant of the verb "to be."

Here's a lengthy guide on what the passive voice actually is: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2922

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mhb 2566 days ago
That's not the passive voice. An example of it would be "Skeptics are won over".
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Bakary 2566 days ago
The part on blogs being a more honest voice really didn't age well...
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TremendousJudge 2566 days ago
I was thinking the exact same thing. It seems that it changed as soon as people writing online started trying to make a living out of blogging.
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