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6.
Passive verb forms.
Purpose: to give a phrase front
position and emphasize it;
to express an
impersonal neutral tone; to vary the pattern of active verb.
7.
Extensive use of Subjective-with –the-Infinitive.
Purpose: to put distance between the writer and the facts.
E x a m p l e
“
Prince Charles is believed to have been alerted to the problem”
instead of
“It is believed
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