Geoff Pullum writes about an excellent article of his in press: Pullum, Geoffrey K. (2014)  Fear and loathing of the English passive.  Language and Communication, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2013.08.009 (The URL is not yet functional, but will soon be.) It comes in two parts — one about what passive clauses are, and a longer section on … Continue reading Pullum on the passive