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Editing and Revising

This category is for questions about how one would go about taking an incomplete draft and bringing it to the final stages of a composed paper.

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Use official in a sentence.?

After much negotiation, the professor said that the grade was official and would be reflected in the transcript.

How do you use the terms doctorate or doctoral?

I plan on obtaining a doctorate's degree in college. Doctoral degrees are highly regarded by institutions and businesses.

When should you use round or around. He went around the corner or he went round the corner?

You would use "around" in this situation, as it implies a direction and not a shape. "He went AROUND the corner." However, in some situations, you may round a corner. For example, a baserunner in baseball passing by third base and heading for home plate can be said to round the corner towards home, in reference to the path in which the runner takes around the basepath. Rather than running a straight line to third base and then a straight line to home plate, the runner takes the corner at full speed and thus, ROUNDS the corner in an arced path.

Sample of letter of inquiry?

A sample of inquiry letter should be used as a guide when drafting your letter of inquiry. This should be a formal letter that is precise and concise.

What are some examples of scope and delimitations?

The scope is what you are doing in the study, such as finding out how many people smoke. The delimitations are the things that might cause the answers to be wrong.

What does 'TK' mean?

"TK" is a proofing/copyediting mark that is short for "to come" or "more info to come." It's origin was an intentional misspelling of to come - tokum.

TK can also refer to a domain name referring to Tokelau, a territory in New Zealand.

Other words to start a sentence besides but?

You can also start it with the, A, An, They, Another, Also, We, I, Sometimes, Finally,Or Overall, And lastly,And. Yes you can start a sentence with "because."

What are the examples of maylapi?

Maylapi are affixes. Unlapi for prefix. ex. ma- in mabuti (root word buti). Gitlapi, affix is found in the middle of the root word; um - in bumuti. Hulapi for suffix. ex. hin - in butihin.

What are five steps of the writing process?

The first step in the writing process is to determine what you want to write. This is called "Pre-writing". Second, is to begin writing. Some use outlines or note cards, while others dive right into writing the project without any aids. The third step is to look at the writing you have produced and begin to whip it into shape. This is called "Revision". Fourth is the editing step. This is when the writer dots all the I's,, crosses all the T's and makes sure the text is readable. The fifth and final step is publishing. The manuscript is ready to officially become a book and become available to the public.

What is Center Align?

center alignment is a center of formating toolbar.

What is global revision?

During the global revision phase, you move entire chunks of writing around in your essay. You revise how the paper is written. You might take the first paragraph and move it to the last one and move up the second or third etc. Your paper should have the best paragraph first then it dwindles down as it goes.

What is an example of gadabout?

It implies someone who travels around a lot, not necessarily derogatory- Gadabout Gaddis was a popular radio and tv fishing commentator. He was often televised fishing out the bow hatch of a Republic Seabee amphibious plane-which tied into his TV show- the Flying Fisherman. Opposite of Gadabout would be a Homebody or a Porch-rider.

What is an example of epanalepsis?

The king is dead, long live the king.

What is Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba? [Shakespeare, Hamlet]

Or and but are examples of interjactions?

Or and but are examples of conjunctions. Interjections are words like 'Alas' and 'hooray', which express emotion but are not grammatically related to the rest of the sentence.

What is Urban Migration?

It is when people move from one urban area or city to another.