Great article. The phrase “mistakes were made” is another example of the passive voice being used to let powerful and unscrupulous people off the hook. Apparently Reagan was the first President to use this phrase (for Iran-Contra), and many of his successors used it too. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mistakes-were-made-a-short-history/
Great article. The phrase “mistakes were made” is another example of the passive voice being used to let powerful and unscrupulous people off the hook. Apparently Reagan was the first President to use this phrase (for Iran-Contra), and many of his successors used it too. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mistakes-were-made-a-short-history/