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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Please Correct me

Please correct the following statement.

"My early study of science made me read about the works of some great scientists like Sir Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday and Einstein. Reading about these scientists served as a great source of inspiration and challenge to me."

I look forward to your reply.

Thanks.
  

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that make sense. but it could be more organized. I read some great scientists' books, such as those of Sir Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday and Einstein, when I was studing science.

— ChinsonTan

  • that make sense.
  • but it could be more organized.
  • I read some great scientists' books, such as those of Sir Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday and Einstein, when I was studing science.
  • That gave me inspiration and challenge.
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that make sense. but it could be more organized.

I read some great scientists' books, such as those of Sir Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday and Einstein, when I was studing science. That gave me inspiration and challenge.
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Both the sentences written by you and Chinsontan are correct. However, ChinsoTan uses the active voice, which means the subject "I" is "doing" the action instead of the action doing something on the subject, which is called the passive voice. Many newspaper writers and English teachers tell their students to avoid using the passive voice often. Usually, the active voice is shorter and clearer in
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Hi,

passive- My reading of the book Oliver Twist was very enjoyable.

active- I enjoyed reading the book Oliver Twist.

passive- Walking around the park is something that John and Mary enjoy doing.

active- John and Mary enjoy walking around the park.

I agree that the bolded versions are cumbersome, but they are not passive. Passive would be
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