Structure
Structure: ‘Passive voice’
Why does an accident report say "the passengers were rescued" instead of naming who rescued them? Practise the passive voice with a real aviation story.
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Structure: ‘Participle clauses’
How official aviation reports compress two clauses into one — practise participle clauses with formal, report-style writing.
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