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As December 2022 approached, Palestinian-rights advocates grew nervous. That was the month by which the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had promised to issue a new rule for assessing complaints of anti-Semitism, to comply with former President Donald Trump’s 2019 executive order on the subject. Advocates worried that in putting forward the rule, OCR might formally propose adopting the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, which has been criticized for conflating censure of Israel with anti-Jewish bigotry.
But December came and went…
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona dodged questions from Rep. Andrew Clyde on Tuesday, when the Georgia Republican asked the Biden administration what it means to be a “woman.”
The tense back-and-forth took place during a House Appropriations Committee hearing where Cardona defended proposed changes to Title IX rules that would make it illegal for schools to ban transgender athletes from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity,
“Can you please tell me or can you please define for me what is a woman?” Clyde asked Cardona.
The Biden administration official deflected the question, only answering that the focus…
What Is Past Perfect Continuous?
Past perfect continuous tense, also called past perfect progressive, shows something that both started and ended in the past using the helper “had” with “been” and the present participle form (-ing) of any continuous verb. Two actions that occurred in the past are frequently illustrated against each other to show cause and effect or timing.
How To Use It
The description may sound as horrible and confusing as the name, but it’s actually not hard to use. Keep in mind that only continuous verbs work. The infographic and some past perfect continuous examples in their…