VirtualPaper, editorial business run by @krishvenkatesh. Academic books editor & for ESL authors needing help with editing. @ACESEditors & @The_CIEP member
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I heard CM made the decision based on intelligence reports. Spin doctors of the media, you know how they work to give credit and take credit!
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IN CONSTRUCTION
Human beings are only healthy when they are still in construction (intellectually). Aging starts when they become a self-museum.
The British call it biscuits and the Americans prefer to call it cookies. Lynne Murphy said biscuits harden on kept in the refrigerator, while the cake remains soft. So they won't accept a cake as a biscuit.
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The ISO Plain Language Standard will increase your profits and reduce expenses. It does this by increasing your customers’ understanding, and decreasing complaints, correspondence and call centre costs.
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Peter Theil says the reason the Paypal mafia exists today isn't because of his hiring techniques but how he managed those people.
Things like extreme bias for action, cult-like company culture, and "one thing" management philosophy. Founders must understand how it works:
What do we do with all this? We embarce uncertainty. Is you context clear? Does the reader know? Is the word choice carrying excessive baggage?
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What is an error? It's not something people say, it's spelling or grammatical error, it's not in this particular style guid, it's a split infinitive, it's passive, you should avoid this... We think of it as errors only after somebody gave it a name. @lynneguist
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What is a noun? Semantic criteria: a word for person, place or thing. Grammatical criteria: can be definite or indefinite noun phrase, can be singular or plural, can be made possessive. @lynneguist
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What is a word? 'Throuples dating app Feeld nearly doubles turnover to £39.5 m'. Nine words?
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Who is bilingual? Is Scots different language from English? Is Flemish different from English? Is there any such thing as British English ... or American English? @lynneguist
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