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Mistakes were made: the Dutch passive

Hi! I'm Bo. The office is being renovated, and the mail says: er zijn fouten gemaakt. Mistakes were made. By whom? Nobody says! That's the passive: it's about what happens, not who does it. You help Carlos with the mail.

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