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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!agate!rsoft!mindlink!a4099
  2. From: Alan_Barclay@mindlink.bc.ca (Alan Barclay)
  3. Newsgroups: misc.writing
  4. Subject: Re: Semantics of "to be"
  5. Message-ID: <16093@mindlink.bc.ca>
  6. Date: 7 Oct 92 18:13:56 GMT
  7. Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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  11. You are correct, it isn't passive.  However, the use of was is still an
  12. excellent indicator of the passive.
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  16. Alan Barclay
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  19. alan_barclay@mindlink.bc.ca
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