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Feb 26 |
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Feb 15 |
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Software to change American punctuation to British I didn't know what your proficiency is. To get the job done, it may turn out that the easiest thing (instead of spending time looking/googling for and evaluating tools), is to do it yourself real quick with a set of -simple- regexes. |
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Feb 15 |
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Software to change American punctuation to British sed "s/,\"/\",/g" |
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Jan 8 |
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What language style should I use for a tech blog? Do you have any particular styles in mind to choose from? |
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Apr 4 |
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Would it be weird if I write “a simple sample something”? Proofreading/suggestions for readability are not the best fit here. Maybe writers.SE? Relevant to here, your sentence is perfectly grammatical, but yes, it sounds a little too alliterative for technical prose. |
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Dec 16 |
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Where can I find information about how to cite a web address using MLA? Oh. Did you try a web search already? |
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Dec 16 |
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Where can I find information about how to cite a web address using MLA? Are you asking for how to format a citation in the MLA style for a web address? |
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Apr 27 |
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Does this feel like natural English? You don't talk like while waiting for the bus, but the sentence length is totally appropriate for academic announcements of this type. Sounds -very- natural (in this context). |
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Apr 24 |
answered | Potential confusion: referring to home planet as “Earth” |
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Apr 24 |
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Potential confusion: referring to home planet as “Earth” @Malvolio: What does 'tighten' mean? Beyond or more refined than just trimming... |
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Apr 24 |
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Apr 19 |
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Common words to avoid when writing formally @kitukwyfer: The question moved so I didn't see comments til now... My answer is only descriptive. Other things being equal (if that is ever possible), the latinate phrasing will -be- more formal (I can't think of any pairs of romance derived/Germanic derived pairs where the Germanic one is more formal than the Latinate one. As to -quality-, that is, as you note, quite another thing entirely. |
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Mar 29 |
answered | Common words to avoid when writing formally |
