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5. Change passive tenses into active ones
- It’s estimated that …
- Historians estimate that …
- The term programme music was first used by Liszt.
- Liszt was the first … / Liszt coined the term programme music for the first time.
6. Change phrasal verbs to simpler ones
- In 1950 two Frenchmen, Robert Schuman and Jean Monnet, drew up a plan to ‘unite’ Europe’s coal and steel industries.
- In 1950 two Frenchmen, Robert Schuman and Jean Monnet, planned/made (a plan) to ‘unite’ Europe’s coal and steel industries.
7. Replace metaphors or idiomatic language
- A solar eclipse took place during..
- A solar eclipse occurred during..