scott wrote:
>> You mean other languages use inflections to distinguish intended 
>> meanings?
> 
> Yes, and often you can then use the word order to convey which part you 
> want to emphasise rather than the actual meaning.  This means there is 
> less need for vocal emphasis on words to indicate importance (as you 
> need in English).

Yep. The "passive voice" is often used to emphasize some result without 
saying anything about the person achieving the result. Like, "the server 
will be configured to ..." rather than "John will configure the server to..."

Funny enough, MS Word's grammar checker complains about this construct, in 
spite of it being *very* common in business documents.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   The question in today's corporate environment is not
   so much "what color is your parachute?" as it is
   "what color is your nose?"

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