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EGYPTIAN WORDS OF IGBO ORIGIN - Onyeji Nnaji

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There is no part of Egypt today that sustains the ancient culture of the eminent Egyptian civilization of old. The first ever civilization after the flood that involved almost the entire continents of the world was lost to the Arabian world whom Egyptians had allowed to take over their land. What this aptitude paid the Egyptians with was the loss of their history and origin. It is very pathetic to hear that all the ancient books excavated in Egypt were sold out by the Arabs who did not and were not prepared to know what historical relevance those tabulates hold to Egyptian history. That is why the position of pharaoh, which was one of the most sophisticated monarchies in the history of Africa, was claimed to have ever been taken by a foreigner different from the pharaoh bloodline. I believe that such faulty historians spreading lies in the bid to assigning certain credence to the foreigner who did not have a history actually did not know the meaning of the word Pharaoh . For if

SOME RELEVANT SOUNDS IN THE BRITISH PRONUNCIATION

THE PASSIVE SENTENCE - Onyeji Nnaji

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Before discussing the ways in which passive sentences are formed, it is expedient to explain the meaning of voice because, passive is one of the voices of verbs. Voice refers to the verb form which shows whether a transitive verb acts or is acted upon. These situations give rise to two voices - Active and Passive . The  active voice, which is more common, shows when the subject does the action of the verb. For example:             - Jude collected the money. Here , Jude performs the action. It is placed in the subjective position. The passive voice shows a situation where the subject is acted upon. It suffers the action indicated by the verb. Example:             - The money was collected by Ali.   English sentences can begin with the subject or object. This is determined by the voice a sentence takes. Voice is the form a verb takes to indicate whether a person or thing does something or something has been done to a person or a thing. A voice describes the relationship