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AppleFanboy Posted 11 years ago
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Tory Higgins and his colleagues had university students read a personality description of someone and then summarize it for someone else who was believed either to like or to dislike this person.

What does it mean 'someone else who was believed' and why is passive voice used?
  

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AppleFanboy someone else who was believed either to like or to dislike this person. another person that liked or disliked this person — according to the opinion of some. It was believed that ...

  • AppleFanboy someone else who was believed either to like or to dislike this person.
  • another person that liked or disliked this person — according to the opinion of some.
  • It was believed that ...
  • ~ at least some people (maybe even all people) believed that ...
  • In the 10th century it was believed that the world was flat.
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AppleFanboysomeone else who was believed either to like or to dislike this person.
another person that liked or disliked this person — according to the opinion of some.

It was believed that ... ~ at least some people (maybe even all people) believed that ...

In the 10th century it was believed that the world was flat.

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