trustme.bro/r/…
✓ checked
trust me, bro:
here is the receipt.
the claim
Languages use by-phrases and oblique case marking to re-introduce the subject of a passive construction.
the verdict
COMMON KNOWLEDGE
no citation needed for this one
refutedsupported
the weight of evidence
no sources on either side

The claim describes a standard linguistic definition of how passive constructions function in many languages, making it common knowledge that requires no formal citation.

See more details
The analysis

The claim that languages use by-phrases and oblique case marking to re-introduce the agent of a passive construction is a foundational grammatical fact taught in basic linguistics. Therefore, it is categorized as common knowledge requiring no specific paper citations.

Everything we examined (12)
  1. Passive voice constructions in written textspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  2. The Role of Korean Syntax in Sentence Structure and Affixation Errors in Indonesian: A Study on Negative Transferpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Analysis of Korean-to-English Machine Translation Systems’ Treatment of Passivespeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. On the scope of quantifier phrases in Chinese passive constructionpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. A Dynamic Network Approach to the Study of Syntax.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. The (Co)Evolution of Language and Music Under Human Self-Domestication.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. Verb-Verb Construction in Bugis Language: A Linguistic Typology Approachpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. The Geometry and Dynamics of Meaning.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. <i>Tu quoque?!</i> On the second person pronoun <i>tusya</i> (<i>tus̱a</i>) and the second person verbal ending -<i>tu</i> (-<i>du</i>) in Niya Prakrit.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Mandarin Chinese L1 and L2 complex sentence reading reveals a consistent electrophysiological pattern of highly interactive syntactic and semantic processing: An ERP study.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. On measure phrase alternation and smugglingpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Lexical causatives and causative alternation in Basquepeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
The paper trail · every fact has a biography
first checked05 Aug 2026
judged → COMMON KNOWLEDGE · 9505 Aug 2026
This receipt carries no identity, shared or not. Sharing publishes your connection to it, not your data.
Check your own claim
Challenge the receipt
trust me, bro: win the argument, pass the class, survive peer review.
This receipt is an automated verdict against our published method · not an opinion about any author or publication.
Terms · Privacy · How verdicts work · Dispute this receipt