On 02/13/2016 04:19 PM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > On Sat, February 13, 2016 2:24 pm, David Both wrote: >> +1 Valeri. I agree that things have changed a lot! > _things_ changed? I wouldn't quite agree. It is people who have changed > definitely. 'Things have changed' is idiomatic English for the passive voice construct 'Things have (been) changed' which translates to the active voice '(understood but unvoiced subject) has changed things.' It is indeed the people who have changed the things.