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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Styxx on January 25, 2006, 11:45:07 am

Title: Need some help with the English language
Post by: Styxx on January 25, 2006, 11:45:07 am: I have this paper I'm submitting to a symposium, and a few of the reviews I got up to now mention that "it's not very well written". Well, they just say that and don't give any specific indications, and I can't find much that seems wrong in it to me, but that's probably because English isn't my primary language and I may be thinking of how I would be writing in Portuguese and then translating.

I want to know if any of you guys who speaks and writes english well could take a look at it and point to any flaws, things that could be improved, etc. on the writing. The content shouldn't matter much, unless, of course, you find something that's glaringly wrong that I missed. If you can help, post here and I'll PM you a link to the article - I can't just post a link because it hasn't been published yet, so posting it publicly on the internet would be a bad idea. Only reply if you can waste a few minutes or so going over it, it's 8 pages long, two columns per page, in PDF.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Need some help with the English language
Post by: Sandwich on January 25, 2006, 12:24:59 pm: Boo.
Title: Re: Need some help with the English language
Post by: Taristin on January 25, 2006, 12:34:35 pm: i done speek english gude enoff to help you, surry. :(
Title: Re: Need some help with the English language
Post by: ZylonBane on January 25, 2006, 12:35:40 pm: Don't forget to end every paragraph with, "I kiss you!".
Title: Re: Need some help with the English language
Post by: kasperl on January 25, 2006, 01:17:56 pm: Non-native speaker here, but if you don't mind that, and need more comments, you can PM me a link.
Title: Re: Need some help with the English language
Post by: pyro-manic on January 25, 2006, 01:27:47 pm: I can have a look if you want. :)
Title: Re: Need some help with the English language
Post by: Goober5000 on January 26, 2006, 11:14:20 am: GRAMMAR INQUISITION TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!!!!!!111
Title: Re: Need some help with the English language
Post by: Ulala on January 26, 2006, 03:00:35 pm: I'm actually pretty good with english, it's my strongest subject. If you still need a hand, pm me a link and I'll go through it for you. :)