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Summary:

Passive voice condones abuse?

In "Loving Hispanic woman is a state agency's ideal" (Page A-1, May 13), Sonia Lopez, deputy director at the Hispanic Information Center, said that "parents get frustrated ... and sometimes kids get mistreated."

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She added that "we would like to strengthen families, help create unity, so that there's less frustration and children are less likely to be abused."

Although I certainly agree that it is important to identify and address the root elements of abusive behavior, I am concerned about Lopez's use of the passive voice. It would have been more direct for her to say, "Parents get frustrated ... and sometimes they hurt t...



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