It is the bane of every listener or reader's existence. Those long winded sentences that seem to tell you very little. And confuse you too!
Back by popular demand, Live & Learn Host Shivraj Parshad dons his Public Communication Coach hat again to give you some tough love and tricks to just opt for the active voice versus the obfuscating passive one.
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