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All right spyros air moving on Ten of twelve Just

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a few more A sniper shot him Okay so we're

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going down a paragraph or find out where this happened

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Let's skim it Meredith faced hostility from many students while

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attending all miss but he graduated with a degree in

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political science and went on to study in nigeria He

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returned to the u S and began to attend law

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school during which time he organized a march to encourage

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african americans to vote while leading the march A sniper

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shot him but he survived and was even able to

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rejoin the march after he recovered Well tough dude Well

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we know you might be thinking Yeah dude they just

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told me not to use passive phrasing But the correct

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answer is definitely feeling a little passive to me Or

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perhaps you're thinking something more along the lines of what

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the is this all right Well we can explain Our

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original sentence is active as written While meredith was shot

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by a sniper his passive like be there However the

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first part of sentence begins with the phrase while leading

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the march The subject isn't stated explicitly but we can

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infer that it's merited because of this setup Well meredith

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needs to come right after the comma The passive voice

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isn't ideal but it's not grammatically incorrect either And while

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it's the only choice that makes sense in context of

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the question it's not The great choice is simply the

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best before they give you Yeah don't hate the explainer

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athe explanation right So reads while leading the march Meredith

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was shot by a sniper but he survived and rejoined 00:01:47.625 --> [endTime] Yeah tough dude

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