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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Essay, Report &amp; Composition Writing</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm</link><description>Post your essay, short story or composition here. Review, comment, or just read for fun.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3614.32638)</generator><item><title>Re: Please help with to-be verb</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseHelpWithToBeVerb/hdwmq/post.htm#603559</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:16:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:603559</guid><dc:creator>AlpheccaStars</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseHelpWithToBeVerb/hdwmq/post.htm#603559</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-603559.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Hello, I am having problem removing to-be verbs from my research paper and can&amp;#39;t find any way to replace some of these sentences. If anyone could help, it would be great.  I am curious - why do you want to remove these verbs? Do you just want to compress the text, such as:    “Somatic cell nuclear transfer”, originally used by Ian Wilmut, is the subject of current research on cloning in other animals, including humans.  One problem in the process is the production of defective embryos. Cloning of human embryos by this process has had no success in the past, although primates have successfully cloned without defects.</description></item><item><title>Please help with to-be verb</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseHelpWithToBeVerb/hdwmq/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:16:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:601918</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseHelpWithToBeVerb/hdwmq/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-601918.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Hello, I am having problem removing to-be verbs from my research paper and can&amp;#39;t find any way to replace some of these sentences. If anyone could help, it would be great.   “Somatic cell nuclear transfer” is another process that&amp;#39;s currently on many scientist&amp;#39;s minds. This process, originally used by Ian Wilmut, has ongoing research conducted to see if the process will work on other animals, or perhaps, a woman.      The pitfall of this research however is that cloned embryos are defective. Human embryos have had no success in the past because of many defects, although primates have successfully cloned without defects.</description></item></channel></rss>