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To: albie

“was promised”? Why this shift to the passive voice?


7 posted on 01/25/2018 1:42:40 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
“I do not believe we should be granting a path to citizenship to anybody here illegally,” Cruz told reporters, according to Bloomberg. “Doing so is inconsistent with the promises we made to the man and women who elected us.”

No passive voice there.

31 posted on 01/25/2018 2:11:47 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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