May 2013
15 posts
When is the passive voice tense appropriate?
Grammar Girl says… http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/active-voice-versus-passive-voice.aspx :-)
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April 2013
51 posts
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fromwhisperedsecrets:
I feel so bad for those who have to look at me everyday… I’m so ugly. I just need to express my feelings, but I don’t wanna put it up on Twitter because it could attract attention. And to whoever comes across this post, please don’t waste your time trying to reassure me because I’m just going to ignore it and think it’s a pity assurance.
This one hit me hard because as a...
shesdonejim:
I
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SCI-FI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I still don't know where I'm going to school. I'm...
fromwhisperedsecrets:
Can someone please give me advice? Please?
I’ll repost this in the hopes that Tumblr user chapterxviii sees this. She has the knack of answering all kinds of UCI questions such a perfect way. I also go to UCI, but my experience of being an adult-learner transfer student will be different than yours. Hence my call-out to chapterxviii and her superpowers!
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victrazing:
First time in the pub on campus. It’s almost like a real bar.
They call Bahama Mamas ‘beer’ there.
Critically ill woman faces jail time if she goes... →
grrrl-riot:
The 22-year-old mother of one, identified only as Beatriz, is four-and-a-half months pregnant, but her doctors have confirmed that the fetus has anencephaly (developing without a brain and certain parts of the skull) and that the pregnancy is nonviable. In addition to the fetal diagnosis, Beatriz is experiencing critical health complications related to her lupus and kidney disease.
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hellomargaret:
This is my new favourite Tumblr ever! It’s called What Ali Wore and it documents the outfits of a remarkably well turned out old chap called Ali who walks past the authors work every morning. He was recently celebrated for it in his local paper! It’s one of the loveliest things on the internet…
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Before we begin, I just want to take a moment to talk about the attack in Boston...
– STEPHEN COLBERT, The Colbert Report (via inothernews)
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Dear Mr. Barduhn and Board of Education Members:
It is with the deepest regret...
– A teacher resigns, saying his profession “no longer exists.”
(via The Washington Post)
Amid heightened speculation that a male athlete in one of North America’s four...
– The New York Times, “National Hockey League Announces Initiative to Support Gay Athletes.”
Historic. Good for the NHL. (via inothernews)