# Writers: Is Passive Sentence Construction ALWAYS Bad?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-is-passive-sentence-construction-always-bad/154287>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 11, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-is-passive-sentence-construction-always-bad/154287 "2003-02-11T04:19:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-is-passive-sentence-construction-always-bad/154287/41 "2003-02-12T22:37:09Z")

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> Originally posted by **gex gex**  
> “uh, the dog had an encounter with a car that I was in.”

That should be, “The dog had an encounter with a car _in which I was riding_.”

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