by Mignon Fogarty Today we turn to run-on sentences. I bet a lot of you think that run-on sentences are just really long sentences that go on and on like the Energizer bunny. But actually, run-on sentences are sentences that lack punctuation; they ca

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Improve Your Writing with Contrast and Concession For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today we are going to talk about words that connect opposing ideas. We call these ideas contrast or concession. Some of these adverbs are but, altho

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: writing a personal statement for college. RS: Rachel Toor is the author of Admissions Confidential: An Insider's Account of the Elite College Selection Process. She worked for thr

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Today, Julie Wildhaber, who trains writers and editors at Yahoo!, will explain what it means when people tell writers to find their voice, and also how to understand the difference between voice and tone in writing. What Is a Writing Voice? Voice is

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: writing a personal statement for college. RS: Rachel Toor is the author of Admissions Confidential: An Insider's Account of the Elite College Selection Process. She worked for thr

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Microsoft has launched Translator, a new Android and iOS app that translates your text or speech input into 50 different languages. In addition to your mobile devices, Translator works with Apple Watch and Android Wear gear too. 微软(Microsoft)近

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