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by zombies. This works, indicating the
       sentence is almost guaranteed to be passive.

       Questionable sentence: The poor woman
       was very vacillating.
           Is this written in passive voice? Let’s try
       “by zombies.”

           Questionable sentence: The poor woman
       was very vacillating by zombies. This
       doesn’t work, even though the sentence is
       passive.

           Loki is just another tool, for those who
       don’t care for zombies (or for fans of Loki.)
           I don’t know if Heather originated the
       “by zombies” rule, but I first read about that

       rule in Heather’s course.



















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