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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
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Dondre Green glanced uneasily at the civic leaders and sports figures filling the hotel ballroom in Cleveland. They had come from across the nation to attend a fund-raiser for the National Minority College Golf Scholarship Foundation. I was the banquet's featured entertainer. Donre, an 18-year-old high-school senior from Monroe, Louisiana, was the evening's honoured guest.
Please explain the highlighed ones. (Also, what does `featured' mean in this sentence?)
Please explain the highlighed ones. (Also, what does `featured' mean in this sentence?)
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Hi Gary, To feature means to include someone or something as an important part . 'I was the banquet's featured entertainer' means that the writer was someone who was seen as an important entertainer in the banquet. It is also a passive sentence.
- Hi Gary, To feature means to include someone or something as an important part .
- 'I was the banquet's featured entertainer' means that the writer was someone who was seen as an important entertainer in the banquet.
- It is also a passive sentence.
- It is written in the passive voice.
- Best wishes, PBF
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Hi Gary,
To feature means to include someone or something as an important part. 'I was the banquet's featured entertainer' means that the writer was someone who was seen as an important entertainer in the banquet. It is also a passive sentence. It is written in the passive voice.
Best wishes,
PBF
To feature means to include someone or something as an important part. 'I was the banquet's featured entertainer' means that the writer was someone who was seen as an important entertainer in the banquet. It is also a passive sentence. It is written in the passive voice.
Best wishes,
PBF
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