ENGLISH GRAMMAR The Passive Voice THE PASSIVE VOICE INTRODUCTION The passive of an active tense is formed by putting the verb to be into the same tense as the active verb and adding the past participle of the active verb. The subject of the active verb becomes the ‘agent’ of the passive verb. The agent is very often not mentioned. When it is mentioned it is preceded by by and placed at the end of the clause. Active: My grandfather planted this tree. Passive: This tree was planted by my
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I believe that the world would be a better place if more people realized that the actions of a few do not define an entire group of people. When influential public figures like Donald Trump use groups of people‚ like Mexicans and Muslims‚ as a scapegoat for America’s problems‚ it further perpetuates the stereotypes that those people have to suffer through every day. As you may know‚ Donald Trump has recently suggested that Muslims should be banned from entering the country. Scarily enough‚ there
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Detective A detective is an investigator‚ either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators (P.I.s or "Private I’s"‚ hence the play-on-words‚ "Private Eyes"). Informally‚ and primarily in fiction‚ a detective is any licensed or unlicensed person who solves crimes‚ including historical crimes‚ or looks into records. Overview In some police departments‚ a detective position is appointed‚ rather than a position achieved by passing a written
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And Then There Were None is considered a true masterpiece by Agatha Christie. It sold over 100 million copies since it was written in 1939. And Then There Were None has been made into a film 25 times‚ a video game‚ a play‚ and parodied dozens of times as well. The book is a mysterious story about how a murderous man who invited nine other criminals (ten people in total) to an island and killed them all one by one according to a poem. In 1945‚ And Then There Were None was turned into a movie by René
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Charles Dickens – the greatest representative of critical realism • Oscar Wilde – the Aesthetic movement‚ symbolism‚ decadence 20th CENTURY LITERARY GENRES • Social novel – saga • John Galsworthy • Crime fiction • Sir Arthur Connan Doyle‚ Agatha Christie • Science fiction • H. G. Wells • Modernism • Virginia Woolf‚ James Joyce‚ D. H. Lawrence • Social drama • George Bernard Shaw • Dystopia • George Orwell‚ Aldus Huxley • Allegorical novel • William Golding • Fantasy • J. R. R. Tolkien‚
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assumed that he knows just about everything. Holmes’ knowledge‚ however‚ comes from experimentation that he conducts in his free time. Curiously‚ neither was formally educated‚ yet has a particular interest in sciences. When investigating a clue Agatha Christie commented‚ “there you go with the science stuff again!” (Dr. Who) which implies that he has already demonstrated his efficacy of science. With their arsenals of intelligence‚ Holmes and the Doctor will always prevail. Members of the detective
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People all over the world commit the crime of blackmail. Blackmail is any payment extorted by intimidation‚ as by threats of injurious revelations or accusations. These payments can be such things as money‚ sexual favors or favors in general (nonsexual). Blackmailers have different ways they present the blackmail and each blackmailer has their own reason as to why they are blackmailing the person in the first place. Some do it out of jealousy and some just get enjoyment out of this particular
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inclined as her father was a part of the church. Sayers took interest in writing‚ especially religious drama‚ theology and detective novels. Additionally‚ she aided in creating the detection club‚ a group of British mystery writers. This included Agatha Christie‚ Ronald Knox‚ Arthur Morrison along with Dorothy Sayers and others. The club held a regularly scheduled dinner meets‚ however Sayers did not attend the majority of them whilst editing her pieces of literature‚ this in combination
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The keyword mystery takes on diverse connotations within young adult literature and has the ability to crosses multiple genre and themes. Starting with its definition‚ according to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ the word mystery comes from the Latin word mystērium‚ with influences from the ancient Greek word mustérion and ancient Middle French word mistere. These earliest origins have theological definitions related to mystical and/or symbolic secret rite(s)‚ revelations of religious truths‚ and/or
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literature. Few famous names of book authors that shaped the twentieth century literature are: George Orwell who was a great essayist and novelist and his writings are famous for social and political issues like poverty colonialism etc. Agatha Christie is a criminal writer who is popularly known as ‘Queen of crime’ has given a new direction to mystery stories and novels. Ian Fleming the writer of James Bond needs no introduction about his genres. C.S.lewis is another fiction writer who wrote
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