Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is sentence length. This episode was written by guest writer, Bonnie Trenga, author of The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier. I was glad to hear from those of you who enjoyed Bonnie's writing last week. I'll be b...
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is sentence fragments. I often imagine that listeners are writing articles and essays and books, but I was recently reminded that some people make their living writing shorter things like headlines and ad copy, and th...
Supplement: Some Useful Sentences on Payment 有关支付的常用语句 (l) We have today instructed our Bank, the Frank Bank in London to open in your favour a confirmed, irrevocable letter of credit with partial shipment and transhipment allowed c...
Romantic thriller 'Nocturne' comes with a CD of Chopin favorites Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 30 March 2010 Do you think a little music would enhance your reading experience? Musicologist, pianist and novelist Harrison Gradwell Slater thinks so. In...
Saddam Hussein's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, known in the West as Chemical Ali, for his role in gassing thousands of Kurds in the late 1980s, has been condemned to death by an Iraqi court for a second time. Al-Majid was convicted for his role in th...
Thailand's Supreme Court has found former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra guilty of a conflict of interest involving a land deal his wife arranged. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, Thai prosecutors say they will ask for Thaksin's extradition fr...
By Lauren Comiteau Amsterdam 27 September 2007 Judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have convicted two former Yugoslav army officers for their role in the 1991 murders of non-Serbs in the Croatian city of Vukovar. They acquitted a third former...
By Matt Steinglass Hue, Vietnam 03 April 2007 Over the past several years, Vietnam's communist government has relaxed restrictions on private business, religious activities and the media. But as the recent conviction of Catholic priest Nguyen Van Ly...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 26 December 2006 Ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein listens to the prosecution during the 'Anfal' genocide trial in Baghdad on Wednesday 20 Dec. 2006 Iraq's highest appeals court has upheld the death sentence for Saddam...
THIS IS AMERICA - Death Sentences in U.S. at Their Lowest Level Since 1976 By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, May 09, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to This is America in VOA Special English. I'm B...