Todays episode concerns a what-you-may-have-been-wondering-about topic. That sure was a mouthful, and it illustrates the problem of stacked modifiers, which occurs when you string together too many words to describe a noun at the end of the mouthful.

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is misplaced modifiers. Of all the writing errors you can make, misplaced modifiers are among the most likely to confuse your readers, but they're also kind of fun because misplaced modifiers can give your sentences s

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

By Chad Bouchard Bali 05 December 2007 Environmental experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali say illegal logging is decimating tropical forests and contributing to rising global temperatures. Chad Bouchard reports from the con

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

Researchers have developed a method to activate electronic implants in the body and eliminate bacterial infections using a wireless signal。 研究者已经开发了一种运用无线信号激活人体中电子植入物来消除细菌感染的方法。

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(30) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Deciding where to place a Wi-Fi router at home to minimise signal blackspots is a fine art. But a physicist has attempted to tackle the problem by mathematically working out the optimum position for a router. He studied how walls and reflections affe

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

U.S. military officials say they have identified the four Marines seen on video urinating on the bodies of dead Afghan Taliban fighters. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, heading the main inquiry into the video, has also reportedly questioned

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