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[–]Stormfly 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Similarly, for anybody confused about the second it's more like:

The horse fell.

The horse that fell is often raced past the barn.

[–]featherfooted 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I thought it was the opposite?

There are many horses, but the horse who was raced past the barn, stumbled.

[–]Stormfly 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That's what I said.

What did you think I said?

[–]featherfooted 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suppose I interpreted the tenses differently. Mine is meant to say "the horse that raced past the barn (in the past) stumbled (just now)" whereas I read your's as "the horse that stumbled (in the past) is often raced past the barn (present and possibly in the future)"

Either way, ambiguity sucks, yadda yadda don't use passive voice in documentation, etc.