I showed this to my wife, because she's a linguist who knows about all this stuff (and is also interested stuff you're interested in, like animal welfare
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I must say I almost fell of my seat when I saw this reply. Especially when I'm mainly writing this for myself and I get a very helpful reply. And thanks for the paper, I've downloaded myself a copy and just started reading. And Sydney Uni's website looks like it has some helpful stuff.
The paper mentions that both native and non native English speakers have similar problems with scientific writing. Something I've noticed for sure, and I've had someone joke with me for getting writing tips from non native speakers.
I'll pass the paper around to my supervisors and lab mates after I've read it, if you don't mind. I found a copy on scribid that's not copyright protected.
That made me beam. I wasn't sure Alison's reply would be helpful ... I think she's a complete genius at linguistics, but you never know when advice is really going to be helpful and when it's just going to be annoying!
"Especially when I'm mainly writing this for myself" - That's the beauty of LiveJournal, isn't it? I've been finding all your posts interesting, but usually I don't have anything to say about them.
In one of my classes last year, two of the top three students were non-native speakers. And that was a humanities class!
(BTW, that copyright warning is over the top. You don't have to worry much about copyright protection when you use papers for purely academic purposes. I guess the details are complicated, and vary between jurisdictions, but almost all academic uses are allowed under the Fair Use provisions of copyright law.)
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I must say I almost fell of my seat when I saw this reply. Especially when I'm mainly writing this for myself and I get a very helpful reply. And thanks for the paper, I've downloaded myself a copy and just started reading. And Sydney Uni's website looks like it has some helpful stuff.
The paper mentions that both native and non native English speakers have similar problems with scientific writing. Something I've noticed for sure, and I've had someone joke with me for getting writing tips from non native speakers.
I'll pass the paper around to my supervisors and lab mates after I've read it, if you don't mind. I found a copy on scribid that's not copyright protected.
Thanks so much again!
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"Especially when I'm mainly writing this for myself" - That's the beauty of LiveJournal, isn't it? I've been finding all your posts interesting, but usually I don't have anything to say about them.
In one of my classes last year, two of the top three students were non-native speakers. And that was a humanities class!
(BTW, that copyright warning is over the top. You don't have to worry much about copyright protection when you use papers for purely academic purposes. I guess the details are complicated, and vary between jurisdictions, but almost all academic uses are allowed under the Fair Use provisions of copyright law.)
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