Improve Your Writing by Using Concept Maps English learners face a common problem: their writing often lacks clarity and cohesion. That is according to Babi Kruchin and Alan Kennedy who teach at the American Language Program at Columbia University. T

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It was beautiful in Washington, DC, this morning! I could see the sun shining and hear birds singing. So, I decided to walk to work. As I walked down 6th Street, I smelled a delicious scent. I followed it and found a lovely French bakery! There, I sa

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 22 January 2006 More than 10,000 people marched in the city of Messina in Sicily to protest the planned construction of a bridge linking the island to mainland Italy. Thous

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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing: Part 2 This week, we are going to give you more information about another common pattern in English: the linking verb pattern. To get you started with linking verb patterns, consider this passage fr

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 24 March 2008 When a roadside bomb killed four American soldiers in Baghdad Sunday night it brought the U.S. military death toll in Iraq to 4,000. It was a symbolic moment, particularly coming during a period of reduced violence

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Some Zimbabwe government supporters say President Robert Mugabe should form a government without the opposition, following an opposition boycott of talks Monday in Swaziland. Tendai Maphosa asked ordinary Zimbabweans in Harare what they think about

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