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Today's topic is active voice versus passive voice. Here's Brian from Iowa: It drives me crazy when people write in passive voice. How can I teach people how to tell the difference between passive and active voice and stay away from passive voice? Th

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by Mignon Fogarty Today's topic is active voice versus passive voice. The podcast edition of this article was sponsored by GoToMeeting. With this meeting service, you can hold your meetings over the Internet and give presentations, product demos and

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Grammar Girl here. Today, Bonnie Trenga will help us choose better transition words. This article could make you a tad hungry, because today were comparing the art of writing to the art of making a sandwich. In fact, just for today, we might need to

Common Transition Words

In 1963, President John Kennedy gave a famous speech at American University. In the speech, Kennedy said the following lines: Our problems are manmade; therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human desti

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今天我们要学的词是active duty。 Active duty, 现役的。星期一是美国阵亡将士纪念日。 My friend Jack is an active duty Army Captain who has deployed overseas three times, 我朋友杰克是现役陆军上尉，先后三次被派

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学个词Learn a Word 第995期 Active duty

今天我们要学的词是active duty。 Active duty, 现役的。星期一是美国阵亡将士纪念日。 My friend Jack is an active duty Army Captain who has deployed overseas three times, 我朋友杰克是现役陆军上尉，先后三次被派