Wednesday, October 27, 2004
 
Impressive Passive

The St. Louis Post-Dipsatch once again deploys the passive voice creatively in a headline: Wal-Mart employee injured after man flees from store security:
    Hendricks said the security officials were attempting to stop Taylor from leaving when Taylor put the car in reverse, allegedly causing injury to one of the Wal-Mart employees.
Man, what sort of style guide do they have down there on Tucker that says that injuries done in the course of a crime just happen spontaneously?


 
To say Noggle, one first must be able to say the "Nah."