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Imagine trying to speak without expressing possibility, permission,or necessity; it would be like painting without colour. That’s were the modal verb step in. These special helping verbs—can, could, ...

Workers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) went on strike last week. Perturbed by the proposed takeover of the airport’s management by the fiscally challenged national carrier, Kenya ...

Writing in the active voice makes the meaning clear while keeping sentences from becoming complicated and wordy. Sentences using passive voice are not necessarily wrong, just less effective than ...