- Propositions are bad things to end sentences with.
- Assignage is the act of assigning to something. If you just add "-age" to a word, its meanage might not coincide with your thinkage.
- Any amount is considerable.
- The word amount applies to continuous things like water. You have a large amount of water. You have a number of discrete records.
- If your sentence sounds awkward, it is. Rewrite it.
- "This means that" is extraneous. This means that you can remove it.
- "And" is much simpler than "as well as", as well as being easier to read.
- Section Headings: Section headings need not be repeated in the first sentence of a section.
- "Exist" does not exist to be used in every existing sentence, even ones that have not been written. Not all existing persons reading the existing documentation need to be reminded of their existence.
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Comments (3)
what if I think it's a non-existing document, and need to be reminded?
Posted by matt | July 6, 2004 9:36 AM
Posted on July 6, 2004 09:36
You forgot about the verbification of nouns. You can take perfectly innocent nouns and verbify them. See previous sentence. :)
Posted by majeric | July 6, 2004 11:21 PM
Posted on July 6, 2004 23:21
Grammar notes from the future (July 9th)! Have you seen anything else of the future?
Posted by Drew | July 7, 2004 9:09 AM
Posted on July 7, 2004 09:09