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		itsoktocry 87 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon confirms 14,000 job losses in corporate div... >Passive vs. active voice. "Job losses" is chickenshit language. "Job losses" isn't passive voice. "Jobs were lost" would be passive voice. Why are people so hung up on "job losses", as if we don't hear this every day? Who cares?

sbarre 86 days ago [–]

You're being pedantic for no good reason. You know what I meant.

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