Timeline for "Describe with" vs. "describe by"
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| May 23, 2011 at 18:33 | vote | accept | stff00 | ||
| May 23, 2011 at 18:33 | comment | added | stff00 | Thanks! I didn't think about the passive vs. active voice distinction, but that's a good point. To me, 'with' sounded much better in the first sentence, but I wasn't sure if there was any rational rule to explain why. | |
| May 23, 2011 at 15:43 | comment | added | user8568 | Oh It wasn't me.:/ You're damn right. | |
| May 23, 2011 at 15:34 | comment | added | JSBձոգչ | @Boob, "I was shocked by his reaction" is entirely passive. The active version is "His reaction shocked me." | |
| May 23, 2011 at 15:29 | comment | added | user8568 | It's not dependent on the verb? "I was shocked by his reaction" is not passive and "reaction" is not an instrument deployed by the subject. | |
| May 23, 2011 at 14:08 | history | answered | JSBձոգչ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |