Active and Passive Voice Definition: A sentence construction showing simply a subject and what happens to it is called “the passive voice.” It consists of a form of the verb be (be‚ am‚ are‚ is‚ was‚ were‚ will be‚ has been‚ have been‚ etc.) and a participle (often a word ending in “ed”)—The employee was fired‚ the war will be ended‚ the papers are corrected‚ etc. Good writers prefer active voice because it is often more interesting (and informative) to read. Active voice examples: The company
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From what I understand an "Active" person is referring to a personality that doesn’t sit back and go with the flow but makes an effort to make things happen. Active person tend to be more outgoing ‚ competitive and aggressive. A "Passive" Person is referring to a personality that laid back and takes life as it is‚ potentially lazy when it comes to achieving certain goals or dealing problems and never will jump into any kind of conflict. From the stories that we had read‚ I think Richard Wright’s
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CROON ELEKTROTECHNIEK‚ B. V.© James A. Narus James C. Anderson * May 2002 * James A. Narus is Professor of Business Marketing‚ Babcock Graduate School of Management‚ Wake Forest University. James C. Anderson is the William L. Ford Distinguished Professor of Marketing and Wholesale Distribution‚ and Professor of Behavioral Science in Management‚ Kellogg Graduate School of Management‚ Northwestern University. He is also the Irwin Gross Distinguished ISBM Research Fellow at the Institute
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Having a family member‚ friend‚ relative‚ or anyone close to you that is an active member of any military branch can be a tough experience for an individual. An active duty member is someone who signs a contract for eight years (four reserve and 4 active duty) and do active military service for the United States. Being enlisted in the United States Military‚ you are able to enlist into one of the five branches: which include‚ the Army‚ the Marine Corps‚ the Navy‚ Coast Guard‚ and the Air Force.
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API PRESENTATTION Some Definitions- Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API): A substance or compound that is intended to be used in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical product as a therapeutically active compound (ingredient) Enantiomers: cpds with same molecular formula as substance but differ in spatial arrangement of atoms and are non-superimpossable mirror images Polymorphism: Occurrence of different crystalline forms of the same substance Degradation product : Molecule resulting
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Tips for Active Reading One of the most exasperating experiences of many college students is failure to understand what they read. Many students begin their college work‚ in fact‚ with a great distrust in their own ability to read college-level assignments and to perform such tasks successfully. Clearly‚ the ability to master reading is an essential skill critical to the success of each student. “Tips for Active Reading” is a set of proven strategies for mastering the content of academic reading
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Rubriik: Active Spa The power of commitment Is that anything in your life that makes you happy‚ that you do with love‚ commitment and passion? This might well be yoga. Written by: Tiina Sarapuu‚ Maret Einmann Photos: „It may well happen that a random yoga class attended during your vacation‚ is a beginning of a life changing journey‚” says Tiina Sarapuu‚ manager of the ACTIVESPA ESTONIA. "You can and even should attend yoga classes during your vacation. Your mind is more open‚ body more relaxed
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be damaged. Without any treatment‚ half of those people living with active TB infection will die. (Geiter‚ 2000) According to World Health Organization (2012)‚ “Two hundred children die from TB every day. Yet it costs less than 3 cents a day to provide therapy that will prevent children from becoming ill with TB and 50 cents a day to provide treatment that will cure the disease.” There are two forms of TB infection; it is the Active TB and the Latent TB. A person who has Latent TB infection doesn’t
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Active Listening Skills Reflection Paper EDL/531 Tonya Dean 2/17/13 Paula Baucom I interviewed Ronnie Macko‚ a nurse educator at Select Medical Corporation and Chris Schillig a high school and college level English instructor. I had to conduct the interviews at separate times because of schedule conflicts. The interviews were conducted using the list of coaching/ mentoring questions that our team had developed in week 3. I will attach each instructor’s individual responses to the end of the
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ACTIVE VOLCANOES IN ASIA Asia contains 60 percent of the world’s population and some of the most active volcanoes. The region has a varied geography from the jungles of Indonesia to the deserts of Saudi Arabia. Volcanoes of Afghanistan : Afghanistan has a complex geology and tectonic history. Active volcanoes are located in eastern afghanistan‚ in a region that marks the collision zone with the Indian plate. The country contains mostly rugged mountains‚ with plains in north and southwest
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