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Fears Aboriginal languages are being lost, as communities work to save them (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Don't use the passive voice and weasel-words. If you want to make claims make them.

It could be argued that the use of the passive voice and the abstract attribution of an argument to a nebulous other. A practice which has been described in some literature as the use of "weasel-words", has a deleterious effect on comprehension and dilutes discussion by making unclear the distinction between the beliefs of interlocutors and mere speculation.