Writing in English
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When an editor or proofreader works on someone’s text in Microsoft Word, it is usual for them to use ‘Track Changes’ (one of the options in the ‘Review’ tab). The great advantage of this is that the author of the text can see the corrections and/or amendments that have been made by the editor/proofreader, and
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Something I’ve noticed that many writers do – particularly those for whom English is not their first language – is pepper their essays, dissertations and articles with words they imagine will strengthen their argument, but which actually tend to have the reverse effect, particularly if the peppering is too liberal or the words are quite
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A student whose first language is Italian was asking me recently what the difference is between ‘few’ and ‘a few’ and when to use which one. Does ‘a few’ mean many? she asked, in some frustration. No, I replied, ‘a few’ means several, more than one or two, but not many. But it does mean
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