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Is it the God-given given that must be accepted because it cannot be changed?
Is the difference purely stylistic, or is there slight change of meaning in using one form of over the other? …
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LoBagola Asked on December 25, 2021 in Writing Style.
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Can it be said that David Mitchell’s writing style in “Cloud Atlas” is representative of the described time period?
My friend is reading David Mitchell’s “Cloud Atlas”, and the narrative is written in very distinctive style, and the most …
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Martin Tapankov Asked on December 20, 2021 in Writing Style.
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Why is there a way to bold/italicize list of items ? This is an old school English dictionary.
I am wondering if I were to embolden or italicize a list of items separated by comma, should I just …
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Xiaoyu Lu Asked on March 28, 2021 in Writing Style.
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Which idiom is correct “draw on” or “draw from”?
Are Gulf Racing and Gulf Racing compatible? What is it like to live a sukhty life?
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Pawel Asked on March 26, 2021 in Writing Style.
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Do you think simplification, or complexity, is more important in writing? When is a meeting time?
How a language can be written in both form or use, be simple words or some technical words, My Question …
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Sarthak123 Asked on March 16, 2021 in Writing Style.
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Is the following use of “imperative” really good style?
In writing the following article were significant researches on the use of personal data in different fields such as marketing, …
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gphilip Asked on March 6, 2021 in Writing Style.
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Beginning list items with numerals with this beginning list items with numerals with this beginning list items.
Most well-known style guides dictate that numbers should always be spelled out at the beginning of a sentence ( Forty-seven …
phenry Asked on March 3, 2021 in Writing Style.
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Why do modern page numbers use Arabic numerals and Roman numerals?
Why do some pages in reading books have Roman numerals and some pages in other books are are not? Have …
tchrist♦ Asked on March 3, 2021 in Writing Style.
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What is the difference between “VPN Networks” and “VPNs”?
I am writing a technical report on a topic which includes a Virtual private network (VPN). These are commonly abbreviated …
fgysin Asked on February 28, 2021 in Writing Style.
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