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Hands up all of you totally familiar with English grammar like wot its sposed to be writ?
Anyone? Hmmm? Whocan Toucan moment coming…
Who Can Tell Me, Yes? Who Can Tell Me, Yes, Who Can Tell Me The Difference Between “That” and “Which”?
God I hate English sometimes. It is to do with the “essential subsequent clause”. You only get half a point for knowing that the grammar rules for Which and That refer to things or groups of things.
So spot the difference:
Sentence 1: Blah blah guff twaddle … and describe the characteristics which constitute morphing blah more guff etc
vs.
Sentence 2: Blah blah guff twaddle … and describe the characteristics that constitute morphing blah more guff etc
One is definitive in claim, the other is doubtful in claim.
Well if you guessed Sentence 2 as “doubtful”, go get your pointy D hat and stand in the corner. Where you will find me. Sobbing gently into yet another revision. Sniffle sniffle.
Still, if I cant get to see the tennis, at least this is like Winbledoom at the moment, batting versions back and forth across the academic court.
YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!!
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Do you KNOW, have you ANY IDEA, any at all, how BLOODY BLOODY BASTARD DIFFICULT that is for me? Do you ??
So its chapter at a time. Red pen, Revise.
I have 2 done, 5 to go.
Come on HWMBO I want to crank this out! I have all the exciting stuff going off at work and [...]
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Actually I do know what I am talking about, but this authoritative tone doesn’t come across when I get panicky in trying to be humble with my offer. And when it does, I need to remember to take out the implicit “well duh” , and strive for clarity, precision, and readability.
And my latest challenge is [...]
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Only a few rewrite issues to contend with… like restructurng the entire document…
No I exagerate. I know what I want to write, but I have to frame it in a suitable way in order to get the “Yes H” tick in the box. Poor HWMBO. This is one of those times when what he clearly [...]
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Today we were officially “Huff”-ed for the last time. Unofficially, I have no doubt what so ever that there will be some level of contact while some of the cohort (including me) pitch up on our now informal basis to complete our final stretches.
As always, I found the session incredibly valuable. I just love the [...]