Finding the Perpetrator

In this sentence from Reading 1, the

subject of the sentence—researchers—is
the “perpetrator.” These researchers are
doing something.
 Finding the Perpetrator

When the topic is technical and the style

formal, writers often omit mention of the
perpetrator. Perhaps the perpetrator is not
important, not known, or too obvious.
 Finding the Perpetrator

In this sentence, no perpetrator is

indicated, but from the context we know it
is “people.” We can reword the sentence
to show the perpetrator.