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Passive verber Posted by on Sep 7, 2009

Passive verbs.  I had a history professor in college that advised me to never use the passive voice in a paper.  He said that the content would always read better and sound stronger if I used the active voice.  For example, he preferred the sentence “During the Holocaust, perpetrators murdered over 6 million Jews” to…

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Regjering Posted by on Sep 2, 2009

Goverment.  I suppose it’s time that you learn about government in Norway.  I think I found the longest description ever of the norsk regjering:  parliamentaristisk representativ demokratisk inskrenket monarki (parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy).  What does that mean, you might ask?  It means that executive power rests with the King (Kong Harald) and his council…

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Å kjøre i Norge Posted by on Sep 1, 2009

Å kjøre i Norge (to drive in Norway).  Driving rules and regulations in Norway are not significantly different than anywhere else, but there are a few to note.  First, a few words to learn about driving: å kjøre means to drive en bil means a car en lastebil means a truck en motorsykkel is a motorcycle en vei…

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