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Yep, you sussed me out. I've been making my living as a tech writer for the past sixteen years.
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You're absolutely right, jheem. It had to be some hard-assed copy editor!
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But some editor tsk-tsked the use of the passive, and it was changed. Now, jheem, was this tongue-in-cheek on your part? Or should I tsk-tsk and insist on "But some editor tsk-tsked the use of the passive, and changed it."?
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It was purely unpremeditated.
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The editor and the writer could be the same person. I know I feel schizo when I write. Listening to the muse and all that ...
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"But some editor tsk-tsked the use of the passive, and changed it."?
I was whooshed right by this one.
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Listening to the muse and all that...
I ain't sayin' nuthin.
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I ain't sayin' nuthin.
Paralepsis raises its head.
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Oh, muse + ick, not an 'ill Greek letter μ'. I see. My mistake.
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Like Sophronius, I'm just an *interpreter.
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