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writing:english:hints

English writing tips

A collection of tips encountered during my writing to improve.

Times in english

  • Present tense
  • Present perfect: Has started in the past and is somehow connected to now (have verb(3) )
  • Present perfect continuous: From the past to just now. (have been +ing)
  • Past simple: Happened in the past and is finished.

Writing Reports

  • consisting vs. containing
  • in/of the order of (not on the order of)
  • almost equal
  • Short sentences are the goal
  • pointing and facing

Phrases

  • An important point …
  • Further on, …
  • Note that …
  • validated against
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