"Haec omnibus agenda sunt"
The Passive Mood and modern equivalent of the periphrastic mood,
common in Latin, are seldom utilized in modern American english.
Sometimes i am perceived as quaintly old fashioned, even formal and
remote, by my use of the passive voice in both writing and
speech, as well as by my lack of modal auxiliary verbs in written
correspondence.
Should we not all endeavor to clarify our expression in words in
such a manner that clearly depicts the multi-layered thoughts that lie beneath the active voice?
This observation having been made, this writer shall lunch; thereafter, become a spectator, a passive observer,
silently interpreting the art of language that others employ to communicate their feelings and intentions to me.
"Just you wait, 'enry 'iggins, just you wait!", you say?
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