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From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Almost every American has seen or heard of the movie Forrest Gump. The film is a touching story about the life of a man who faces many challenges. One of the most famous quotes from Forrest Gump is

VOA慢速英语2018--以防万一你不使用“如果”

Just in Case You Don't Use 'If' It is no surprise that many popular love songs use conditionals. Conditional sentences show that something is true only when something else is true. So, they help us talk about wishes, hopes and even regrets. In her so

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Imagine we are having a conversation about dance. Suddenly I say, Because I love to dance! You might learn something about me: that I love dancing. But you might also look at me strangely since I told you only a reason for something, but I didnt tell

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is semicolons. I get questions about semicolons a lot, so it's time to clear up some confusion. Semicolons separate things. Most commonly, they separate two main clauses that are closely related to each other but that

英语语法：90 Starting a Sentence With "However"

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how to use the word however in a sentence. It's probably more complicated than you think it is. The question I get asked most frequently about however is whether it is OK to use however at the beginning of a senten

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Since Halloween is coming up, I thought you could use a refresher about whiches--more specifically, when to use a which and when to use a that. To understand the difference between which and that, first you need to understand the difference between a

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When you woke up this morning, you probably did at least five things before you left your home for school or work. Maybe you ate breakfast, took a shower, brushed your teeth, put on your clothes, and looked at the news or internet. For each thing you

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Ernest Hemingway was a famous American writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. One of his most famous books, The Sun Also Rises, ends with the following words: Yes, I said. Isn't it pretty to think so? Today, we are going to consider th

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In the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan, actor Tom Hanks plays the part of Captain Miller. The fictional Captain Miller was an English teacher before becoming a soldier and fighting in World War II. In one scene, Captain Miller describes how he has chan

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In the song When The Saints Go Marching In, jazz musician Louis Armstrong sings about entering heaven: Yes, I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in Armstrong is expressing his desire to be among the saints going to heaven. The line

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We can serve you with a broad range of coverage against all kinks of risks for sea transport. 我公司可以承保海洋运输的所有险别。 Generally speaking, aviation insurance is much cheaper

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Relative Pronouns In this weeks episode of Everyday Grammar, we are going to discuss the relative pronouns who, that and which. A relative pronoun relates to the noun it is describing. Relative pronouns introduce a relative clause. Think of relative

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