Mormon Fakebook Update: 5

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O'Q

– October 13, 2010Posted in: D&S 2, Mormon Fakebook

Tags: fakebook, humor, Monson

10 Comments

1. Andy

   Posted October 13, 2010 at 1:54 PM

   ‘Statuses were updated, comments were liked, and links were shared.’

   Ahhh. Warms the cockles of me ‘art. :)

2. Neal A. Maxwell

   Posted October 13, 2010 at 2:24 PM

   your practice of passivity proves precisely why proof readers ought to preview your pronouncements

   • Matt

     Posted October 13, 2010 at 4:48 PM

     Brilliant! Neal, you always had that twang of brilliance goin’ for ya. But your books are nigh unreadable.

3. Blain

   Posted October 13, 2010 at 8:45 PM

   I love passive voice, properly used. It’s quite appropriate when the important thing is the receiver of the action, rather than the actor, and can also be useful for sentence variety. Passive voice needs to be preserved from the war declared on it by well-meaning English teachers. It has been a part of language going back to proto-Indoeuropean for a reason, and eliminating it for a temporary usage fad is a bad idea.

   You go, Pres. Monson!

   • Matt

     Posted October 13, 2010 at 11:41 PM

     Blain is a passive voice fanboy. :D

4. Laurie

   Posted October 14, 2010 at 1:18 PM

   Hmmm, last night I listened to my husband help my son with his upcoming visual presentation at school. His advice? “Talk just like the Slap Chop guy! ” Tom, have you ever seen the Slap Chop guy?

5. Heidi

   Posted October 15, 2010 at 4:06 PM

   Haha — this is my favorite, so far!

6. Ziff

   Posted October 16, 2010 at 4:07 AM

   Shouldn’t that be (just this once) “Passive voice is liked by Thomas S. Monson”? ;)

   Thanks for these! I love them!

   • Heather

     Posted October 18, 2010 at 3:13 PM

     Ha! Hilarious, Ziff.

7. Paula

   Posted October 18, 2010 at 2:44 PM

   Oh Ziff, the same thing was thought by me, but you were faster.

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