Re:Tor’s Branding Pivot Is Going to Get Someone Killed
by firethief on Sunday September 04, 2016 @05:31PM
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> "Using Tor" is not the subject of that sentence, "who's looking" is.
"Using [Tor]" actually is the subject of that sentence. "Who's looking" is not the subject even of the dependent clause in which it occurs; "depending on" is introducing an adverbial clause, in which "who" is the subject, "is" is the verb, and "looking" is the predicate.
> Passive voice also elides these serious issues by pinning results on nebulous activity.
The passive voice is not used in the sentence quoted.
I recommend preferring rhetorical techniques other than grammatical analysis; even for someone with a solid understanding of a language's grammar, picking apart the way something is said tends not to advance the discussion as well as repling to content would, however dubiously it may be expressed.
"Using [Tor]" actually is the subject of that sentence. "Who's looking" is not the subject even of the dependent clause in which it occurs; "depending on" is introducing an adverbial clause, in which "who" is the subject, "is" is the verb, and "looking" is the predicate.
> Passive voice also elides these serious issues by pinning results on nebulous activity.
The passive voice is not used in the sentence quoted.
I recommend preferring rhetorical techniques other than grammatical analysis; even for someone with a solid understanding of a language's grammar, picking apart the way something is said tends not to advance the discussion as well as repling to content would, however dubiously it may be expressed.