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100:, most of the exercises don't concentrate on a specific aspect of writing or editing; here, you need to be aware of all the things that can go wrong in constructing text. The challenge is not knowing in advance what has gone wrong. This is more like the real-life situation you face as an editor of Knowledge (XXG) articles.
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one. Expect to stop when you've had enough, and plan to return to take up where you left off. We suggest you work through the exercises in a "distributed" (spaced out) way, not "massed" (all at once). Try clumps of five or six at time, then a good break. This is likely to have a more powerful effect on your learning (see
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The locomotives also featured
Bulleid's innovative, though controversial chain-driven valve gear and the inclusion of thermic syphons. The class members were named after the Merchant Navy shipping lines involved in the Battle of the Atlantic, and latterly those which used Southampton Docks, an astute
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There should be no doubt what a back-reference refers to. It doesn't matter that a careful reading tells the reader that "it" refers to the compound noun "the smaller South Korean army"; there's another singular noun—also a compound noun ("widespread lack of organisation and equipment"). "The smaller
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Jane Zhang (born 11 October 1984) also known as Zhang
Liangying is a Chinese pop singer who came to prominence when she placed third in the 2005 season of the Super Girl contest a national all female singing competition held in the People's Republic of China. Throughout the competition, she sang in
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suggests that the orchards were plentiful at some time in the past and are no longer so; but the subsequent clause implies that plentiful orchards have ever since been and still are plentiful, since the county is known for its apple cider. An indication is required of when "in the past" this was,
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Two benefits. First, the ellipsis, in which the readers effortlessly assume the invisible presence of the now-missing word; this is neater. Second, "it" could have referred two singular nouns: "the 18th century", "the subject", or "the castle", and the reader has to work just a little to get over
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The exercises are designed to be done in your head, without writing. On purpose, each unfolds in stages: first, the problem text, then one or two hints, then a solution, and an explanation. You'll get the most out of the exercises by thinking carefully about each stage before clicking on the next
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Agriculture continues to be a major part of the economy of
Somerset. Apple orchards were once plentiful, and to this day the county is linked to the production of strong cider. The unemployment rate in the county is lower than the surrounding counties. The largest employment sectors are retail,
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St-Calais continued to hold out in Durham, claiming he had never rebelled. When the king approached with an army, St-Calais agreed to come out, but only after receiving a safe conduct that would allow him to attend a trial while his men continued to hold the castle. From his actions, it appears
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St-Calais continued to hold out in Durham, claiming he had never rebelled. When the king approached with an army, St-Calais agreed to come out, but only after receiving a safe conduct that would allow him to attend a trial while his men continued to hold the castle. From his actions, it appears
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A user has suggested that "a number of" and "new" may be redundant. Removing "a number of" could emphasise the global significance of the developments: "a number of" seems to constrain the claim a little; I agree that in some circumstances, "a number of" is just clutter. "New developments" is
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Skilled editing is central to achieving high-quality
Knowledge (XXG) articles. Each exercise below will present you with a portion of faulty text. It may contain problems of grammar, logic, cohesion, tone, lexical choice, punctuation or redundant wording. In some cases, there are breaches of
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The comma after "process" is turned into a semicolon to enable the readers to pause and gather their thoughts momentarily; the next clause is turned into a grammatical sentence starting with "this", not "which". In any case, "which meant that" is clumsy; better to say it
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St-Calais continued to hold out in Durham, claiming he had never rebelled. When the king approached with an army, St-Calais agreed to come out, but only after receiving a safe conduct that would allow him to attend a trial while his men continued to hold the castle.
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tells your reader that you're going to contradict or change the previous angle in some way; but just how this is the case is not sufficiently clear. We've guessed that the writer's point is ironic, and reinforced the close relationship with a semicolon rather than a
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The page uses UK/Australian/Irish/New
Zealand/South African spelling. Shouldn't be a problem. American readers just need to "translate" -ise → -ize, -our → -or, -lling → -ling, and the few other differences. Canadians, well, you're somewhere in the middle.
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Other solutions are possible, including statements that retain the "protégé" idea; it depends on the context. In the same article, there was another forced equative: "The East German government had an equally important incentive "—was it exactly equal?"
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Both "whatever his claims to the contrary" and the fact that "northern chronicles maintained his innocence" seem to be on the same side of the conflict between (1) what his actions suggested, and (2) recorded reports of verbal statements. Therefore,
1935:
Even without
Knowledge (XXG)'s necessary binary international/US unit conversions, this is a cumbersome expression, and strictly speaking requires a triple unit, hyphenated: "The castle is oval, with an 11-metre-wide stone curtain
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Navenby, which has Bronze Age, Roman and
Medieval heritage, was made a market-town with charters from Edward the Confessor, William Rufus, and Richard II. However, the market fell into disuse in the early 19th century.
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Note that where it's "A plus B", as here, you can often do without the two "the"s (i.e. "Both the Soviet and the East German regimes ..."); binning pairs of "the" is surprisingly elegant and entirely grammatical.
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as? "As" in this sense is a badly engineered word in
English and is often better substituted. Peter Lee is over-described if "two more than" is there. Lose four words and simplify the structure to avoid the "as"
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Buckton Castle was probably built by
William de Neville, Lord of Longdendale, in the late 12th century; which would make it contemporary with other castles in Greater Manchester, such as Dunham and Stockport.
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Artificial turf was installed because it was easier to maintain than natural grass. The potential damage to a natural grass field caused by
Seattle's frequent rain also made the surface an appropriate option.
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1750:"DPIs have many advantages over liquid nebulisers: (1→) the drug is more stable, (2→) dosing is rapid, and the devices (3a→) are less expensive and (3b→) can be manufactured in a disposable form."
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Sunderland, a Second Division club at the time, won the game, mostly due to the efforts of their goalkeeper Jimmy Montgomery; he saved in quick succession two of Peter Lorimer's shots at the goal.
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controversial chain-driven valve gear. The class members were named after the Merchant Navy shipping lines involved in the Battle of the Atlantic, and latterly those which used Southampton Docks
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Adding "the" eliminates the sense that anyone associated with any IP address got a letter of demand. "The" means, "You know the ones I mean: it's common knowledge, or it's already in the text."
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were amongst the first designs to utilise welding in the construction process, which meant that components could be more easily constructed during the wartime austerity and post war economy.
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As Brazil's relations with Argentina were warming and the country's economic boom was losing steam, the government negotiated with Armstrong to remove the third dreadnought from the contract.
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Brazil's relations with Argentina were warming and the country's economic boom was losing steam, the government negotiated with Armstrong to remove the third dreadnought from the contract.
2263:"Design" appears twice, which is a little boring. It links the two ideas in the sentence causally, but this causal relationship doesn't need to be explicitly flagged by a word like "as".
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rather than "the" is appropriate, since the house—especially in the changed grammatical environment—is one of a class of houses that could be designed for that purpose, not the only one.
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Brazil's economy was losing steam, its relations with Argentina were warming. This led the Brazilian government to request that Armstrong remove the third dreadnought from the contract.
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Due to his background in taxonomy and paleontology, Cope focused on evolution in changing structural terms, rather than Darwin's emphasis on geography and variation within populations.
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Chrissie Watkins, a 23-year-old woman, leaves an evening beach party to go skinny-dipping in the Atlantic Ocean, only to be dragged back and forth violently and then under the water.
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The first chain is too long; the second fragment (after the semicolon) is too short. Try recasting the join between them, including a different punctuation mark and different grammar.
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The verbose gobbledygook has been replaced with more cohesive wording: 33 words are now 24. "Also" has morphed into "and", which performs a useful task in linking the two clauses.
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thermic syphons. The class members were named after the Merchant Navy shipping lines involved in the Battle of the Atlantic, and latterly those which used Southampton Docks, an
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has a quite different grammatical role now; in effect it's been removed and reinserted under a different guise. Only by coincidence does the word still appear in the solution.
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DPIs have many advantages over liquid nebulisers: the drug is more stable, dosing is rapid, the devices are less expensive, and can be manufactured in a disposable form.
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Easy-peasy. But the hardest thing was to pick up that it was ambiguous in the first place. Good editors learn to scrutinise every sentence for possible multiple meanings.
1381:) is a plainer, more direct wording: "X was a challenge" rather than "X made Y a challenge". "Y" ("the design") is now tidily snuck in as a mere adjective to "challenge".
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form of "and" is used is unclear. Is Mandarin somehow different from the rest of the list? Perhaps it's her native language, but it's all a mystery to the poor reader.
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four in a way, but on a higher structural level there are only three, concerning (1) "the drug"; (2) "dosing", and (3) "the devices". It's really 1, 2, and 3a plus 3b.
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as, it's often good to reword so there's no doubt. This is a good example because it was hard to know which was intended, even in the larger context of the paragraph.
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It's ambiguous. What are the two possible meanings? Even if one of them is much less likely than the other, the "fork" in meaning makes readers work a little harder.
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The castle has been the subject of antiquarian studies since the 18th century, and it was originally thought to have been the location of an Iron Age hill fort.
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His father was a lawyer, a judge and, for 31 years, a Congressman who chaired the House Naval Affairs Committee during the Harding and Coolidge administrations.
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The "noun + -ing" problem was easy to overcome by using "that"; this also eliminates the "-ing ... -ing" repetition. See Exercise 14 below for more on this.
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Navenby, which has Bronze Age, Roman and Medieval heritage, was made a market-town with charters from Edward the Confessor, William Rufus, and Richard II;
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Artificial turf was installed because it was easier to maintain than natural grass, and would be less vulnerable to damage from Seattle's frequent rain.
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Navenby, which has Bronze Age, Roman and Medieval heritage, was made a market-town with charters from Edward the Confessor, William Rufus, and Richard II
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A protest group was formed to resist the proposed construction, which attracted support from the botanist and environmental campaigner David Bellamy.
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Sunderland required only a draw in their final game against rivals Chelsea, who had another game left to play after this match, to secure promotion.
560:
South Korean army" is clearly the overall subject of the sentence, so make this subject work for both parts of the sentence. Again, it's achieved by
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is clearly conveyed as having sold 32 million albums in the US. We usually try to ration the use of the passive voice, but here it works quite well.
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To secure promotion, Sunderland required only a draw in their final game against rivals Chelsea, who had another game left to play after this match.
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So he chaired the Committee for 31 years? Two US presidential administrations couldn't possibly last for 31 years (16 is the theoretical maximum).
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Redundant wording. First, even when you read this as running on directly from the previous exercise text, you don't need to be told that this is
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The unemployment rate in Somerset is being compared with the unemployment rate in the surrounding counties, not with the counties themselves;
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the post-war period involved economic austerity. We've presented one way of rewording, which would need to be confirmed by the FAC nominator.
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St-Calais's actions suggest that he did rebel, whatever his claims to the contrary and statements of his innocence in northern chronicles.
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But now there's a succession of commas, so it might be better to retain the semicolon and make the text that follows it a proper sentence:
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What's the relationship between the clauses (separated by the comma)? Which part of the first clause does the second clause refer back to?
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may imply that she sang from start to finish in a mixture of all four languages; while this is an unlikely meaning, it is clearer to use
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shouldn't contrast the two phrases that are expressing (2); there's another word present that can do the job of contrasting (1) and (2).
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is redundant in the light of the past tense (unless it's required for some particular emphasis, which was not the case in this context).
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The Association ranks her as the eighth-best-selling female artist in American music history, having sold 32 million albums in the US.
236:—that is, it's at the very start and the reader will silently carry it over into the second clause if it's removed; oddly enough, this
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Ima worked closely with architect John Staub to design the house so that it would show off the art the family had already purchased.
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In 2009, he set a new OHL record for career goals as he finished the season with 215, two more than former record holder Peter Lee.
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Is "concern over a potential" the most direct way to express what underlies a design challenge? Is "potentially" necessary, anyway?
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Three-blade turbines are the most common design for modern windmills, as the design minimises forces related to material fatigue.
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likely that St-Calais did rebel, whatever his statements to the contrary, although northern chronicles maintained his innocence.
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Where should the contrast be? Between his claims and what the northern chronicles reported, or is there a more basic contrast?
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to be repeated, since there's now a comparative "less". "Less", then, is a back-reference, and holds the two clauses together.
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Sunderland required only a draw in their final game against rivals Chelsea, who had another game left to play after this match
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probably not redundant, since it contrasts with existing or previous developments (which may not yet have been incorporated).
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So the proposed construction attracted support from Bellamy? The intended meaning is probably means something very different.
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is used to qualify "Mandarin", but not "Cantonese"; however, both are Chinese languages. It's probably acceptable to remove
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Chrissie Watkins, a 23-year-old woman, leaves an evening beach party to go skinny-dipping in the Atlantic Ocean, only to be
1527:
Odex sent letters of demand to people associated with IP addresses after sufficient downloading activity had been recorded.
2290:"The most common design for modern windmills is a three-blade turbine, which minimises forces related to material fatigue."
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Try rearranging the order of the wording within "a new 301-foot (92 m)-tall swing ride"; you'll need to change the grammar.
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The smaller South Korean army suffered from widespread lack of organisation and equipment, and it was unprepared for war.
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The Docks and the Southern Railway might have been operated by people, but they were both corporate entities and deserve
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The bits we don't like are in orange. The repetition is underlined. See if this helps you to think of a neater solution.
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What's the relationship between the two clauses (either side of the comma)? How are these statements connected logically?
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them to connect the publicity masterstroke with the action of naming the ships, right back at the start of the sentence.
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Concern over the spouting water potentially knocking people down made the design both a legal and a physical challenge.
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2833:, since it's part of the title of the competition; this can be confirmed at the linked article and the link re-piped.
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Jane Zhang (born 11 October 1984) also known as Zhang Liangying is a Chinese pop singer who came to prominence when
2278:"Three blades minimise forces related to material fatigue, and are the most common design for modern wind turbines."
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Innovation and controversy often go together; they certainly don't want to be marked as an unusual combination by
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The use of two expressions of very similar meaning, where a common expression would make the text more cohesive.
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Please note: the exercises are intended to be done in your mind; saving edits means the page has to be reverted.
2399:"Whatever" now provides the critical logical contrast between what his actions suggested and the verbal claims.
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After sufficient downloading activity had been recorded, Odex sent letters of demand to people associated with
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The compound hyphenated structure is clunky, especially with WP's unit conversion. Is there a simple solution?
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This could be said in many fewer words: consider conflating it into a single sentence to avoid the repetition.
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He was a teen pop idol from 1964–1979, and since then he has forged a career as an adult contemporary singer.
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This is a long-winded explanation, so if you understand the solution just by looking at it, please move on.
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can be inserted to stand for "the unemployment rate of" those other counties; then the comparison is valid.
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There's an ungainly grammatical construction in the middle ("water knocking people down" is a bit clumsy).
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The comma clarifies that he was a "Congressman" for 31 years, not the chair of the committee for 31 years.
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In 2009, he finished the season with a career total of 215 goals, breaking Peter Lee's OHL record by two.
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What Cope and Darwin each focused on needs to be grammatically parallel, or at least logically connected.
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Can you work out how to reposition the last phrase so it's not stuck out at the end of a long sentence?
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Avoiding the comma between 3a and 3b stresses their connectedness ("devices" is their common subject).
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This is a list. There's a problem in the way the items are organised; it's not to do with their order.
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Buckton Castle was probably built by William de Neville, Lord of Longdendale, in the late 12th centu
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The Liberals were generally successful, with the nation prosperous and an increasing welfare state.
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would make it contemporary with other castles in Greater Manchester, such as Dunham and Stockport.
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would make it contemporary with other castles in Greater Manchester, such as Dunham and Stockport.
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Long-sentence indigestion: give your readers a break and split it; the semicolon boundary and the
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Three cases of redundant wording. Read the text as running on directly from the previous exercise.
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publicity masterstroke by the Southern Railway, who operated Southampton Docks during the period.
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Reversing the order of the segments and using the passive voice is one way of ensuring that it is
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There's one more issue: the list of languages at the end finishes with "in addition to"; why the
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altogether, since China is central to the topic and both languages were linked. Re-pipe the link.
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would make it contemporary with other castles in Greater Manchester such as Dunham and Stockport.
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they'd won five consecutive elections that they'd been in power so long. But don't use "because".
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the cohesion of the text by forcing the reader to psychologically bind together the two clauses.
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Montgomery's feat is often described as the most famous save, in an FA Cup final, of all time.
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phrase ("also known as Zhang Liangying"); the third is an "equative" comma, meaning "that is".
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The Liberal Party had governed the nation since 1935, and had won five consecutive elections.
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is hardly necessary, since all competitions are held, and we're told its country of location.
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This is one of a number of possibilities for the "as"-as-causal meaning. It was suggested by
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ho chaired the House Naval Affairs Committee during the Harding and Coolidge administrations.
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DPIs have many advantages over liquid nebulisers: the drug is more stable, dosing is rapid,
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That's enough thinking for now. Go have a rest, and come back tomorrow and do the next set.
2286:(the writer's point of departure for the message, the "what I'm going to tell you about"):
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We like to know how the exercises can be improved. Please leave feedback on the talk page.
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can't refer to what she does, but to what is done to her; the passive voice must be used (
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as an improvement to my previous offering. The causality is shifted into a new sentence:
2082:, in which a comma is wrongly inserted before a fully grammatical, stand-alone sentence.
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Incorporating a number of new developments in British steam locomotive technology, the
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Relocate "violent". You might also need a different verb for the "under the water" bit.
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An opportunity to split an over-long sentence and at the same time to avoid ambiguity.
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the competition, she sang in English, Spanish and Cantonese in addition to Mandarin
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the competition, she sang in English, Spanish and Cantonese in addition to Mandarin
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A character that may need to be changed in case (upper to lower, or lower to upper).
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the surrounding counties. The largest employment sectors are retail, manufacturing,
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Agriculture continues to be a major part of the economy of Somerset. Apple orchards
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Agriculture continues to be a major part of the economy of Somerset. Apple orchards
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The castle has been the subject of antiquarian studies since the 18th century, and
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would be less vulnerable") and retains "artificial turf" as the subject throughout.
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the production of strong cider. The unemployment rate in the county is lower than
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that fuzziness, even though it's obvious "it" doesn't refer to "the 18th century".
376:: during their period in office, the nation had prospered and had built a stronger
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Clearly, the second meaning is intended. How do you reword to force this meaning?
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The bumpety-bump punctuation and the separation of wording that belongs together.
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surrounding counties. The largest employment sectors are retail, manufacturing,
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Incorporating a number of new developments in steam locomotive technology, the
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Incorporating a number of new developments in steam locomotive technology, the
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There's an "-ing ... -ing" repetition; it's OK, but removing it would be nicer.
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attracted support from the botanist and environmental campaigner David Bellamy.
2557:. We have guessed a solution; the author would need to be asked to check this.
180:"From" is spelled out; do we "say" to ourselves "to" when we read "1964–1979"?
17:
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is a double adjective before "economy", and should therefore be hyphenated.
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The main attraction will be a new 301-foot (92 m)-tall swing ride known as
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was originally thought to have been the location of an Iron Age hill fort.
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The Soviets were as alarmed by the problem as their East German protégés.
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Now try two harder examples from the same Knowledge (XXG) article, below.
552:) to the left"; it usually works. Here the relevant noun is a compound:
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the production of strong cider. The unemployment rate in the county is
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The relationship between the two segments in the sentence is ambiguous.
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likely that St-Calais did rebel, whatever his claims to the contrary,
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The castle is oval, with an 11-metre (35 ft) wide stone curtain wall.
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Artificial turf was installed because it was easier to maintain than
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saying it twice, forcing the reader to silently insert it (ellipsis).
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as the eighth-best-selling female artist in American music history,
2815:, which is a double adjective. This is the case even in AmEng. See
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A word that is inconsistently applied in one place but not another.
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If you want the "as" as at-the-same-time-as meaning, perhaps this:
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as the eighth-best-selling female artist in American music history.
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saved in quick succession two of Peter Lorimer's shots at the goal.
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is was mostly due to the efforts of their goalkeeper Jimmy Montgome
25:
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Both Soviet and East German regimes were alarmed by the problem.
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Joining the two statements with "and" belies the causality: it's
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isn't quite right, and the meaning is clearly that both the war
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English, Spanish and Cantonese in addition to Mandarin Chinese.
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The order and relative length of the ideas, and the punctuation.
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A protest group was formed to resist the proposed construction,
537:
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His father was a lawyer, a judge, and for 31 years a Congressma
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The first word—what does the "as" mean? Could it be ambiguous?
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welding in the construction process; this enabled the easier
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Pick out the bits you don't like and check below in the hint.
1365:, and allows us to dispense with the inelegant "potentially".
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Montgomery's feat is often described as the most famous save
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Copy-editing essentials, part of the Military History Academy
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after sufficient downloading activity had been recorded; or
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process, which meant that components could be more easily
2151:"Evolution in changing structural terms" is a little hard.
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A redundant "temporal" word; the job is done by the tense.
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Sunderland, a Second Division club at the time, won the ga
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Due to his background in taxonomy and paleontology, Cope
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is a Chinese pop singer who came to prominence when she
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after sufficient downloading activity had been recorded.
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A problem of logical cohesion between the two sentences.
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manufacturing, leisure/tourism and health/social care.
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Exactly as alarmed as each other? This might be called
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Ima worked closely with architect John Staub to design
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Ima worked closely with architect John Staub to design
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The welfare state bit is only one way of clarifying it.
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the market fell into disuse in the early 19th century.
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the market fell into disuse in the early 19th century.
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The Liberal Party had governed the nation since 1935,
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Which two words in the second clause are unnecessary?
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attribute of the locomotives: it's stronger without
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How many items are there in this running list? Four?
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An ugly word that has a common, shorter equivalent.
2855:, which doesn't convey the start-to-finish meaning.
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the spouting water potentially knocking people down
508:widespread lack of organisation and equipment, and
2922:Opportunities for neater expression in two places.
820:The order of ideas in the sentence is the problem.
3280:. Pure fluff, since if something is featured, it
2783:are required: the first two are boundaries for a
1989:One word could be removed, to bring two benefits.
1747:Here it is again, with the numbers interpolated:
1085:Even when the reader can work out whether it's a
2282:Alternatively, you could change the grammatical
217:forged a career as an adult contemporary singer.
47:Exercises in weeding out fluff from article text
3137:A clash between animate and inanimate entities.
1325:that the spouting water would knock people down
40:
2925:An opportunity to split an over-long sentence.
771:Move the middle phrase ("in an FA Cup final").
3242:operated Southampton Docks during the period.
3193:operated Southampton Docks during the period.
3140:A false contrast (a problem of logical flow).
2636:A potentially misleading lexical item (word).
2547:The problem of logic and of vagueness: "Once"
2497:have been plentiful for more than centuries,
2346:northern chronicles maintained his innocence.
8:
2639:A verb that is used wrongly in active voice.
502:The smaller South Korean army suffered from
2721:third in the 2005 season of the Super Girl
2663:third in the 2005 season of the Super Girl
2329:The logical connection between two phrases.
2187:geography and variation within populations.
1960:a stone curtain wall 11 metres (35 ft) wide
1566:Odex sent letters of demand to those people
33:(1662–65), oil on canvas, by Dutch painter
3175:controversial chain-driven valve gear and
1558:people became associated with IP addresses
229:"Then" is unnecessary if "since" is there.
1214:The grammar is simpler and more succinct.
761:The middle phrase ("in an FA Cup final").
166:One issue concerning the "since" wording.
3212:thermic syphons and Bulleid's innovative
2293:For one angle on grammatical theme, see
1736:an be manufactured in a disposable form.
3072:can be avoided by substituting it with
2571:is presumably what the author intended.
532:: one rule of thumb is, "If there's an
232:The second "he" can be removed through
133:to the right of each stage. Good luck!
2630:Missing commas (three could be added).
1965:Smoother, and no hyphens are required.
1194:would show off the art the family had
3043:is better as the plainer and shorter
1129:Unnecessary little grammatical words.
420:What a difference a comma would make.
37:; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
7:
2433:A problem of logic and of vagueness.
96:Unlike our exercises in eliminating
2749:in the People's Republic of China.
2681:in the People's Republic of China.
2627:A word that is probably redundant.
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313:Now the causal logic is clear.
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3184:astute publicity masterstroke
2709:also known as Zhang Liangying
2554:"for at least five centuries"
1730:the devices are less expensiv
1523:Company threatens downloaders
1506:"Natural grass" doesn't even
1391:Artificial turf did the trick
986:32 million albums in the US,
42:Self-help writing tutorials:
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971:32 million albums in the US.
195:He was a teen pop idol from
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2910:An unnecessary repetition.
2269:There are two alternatives
2078:This is the opposite of a
1333:both a legal and physical
1150:the house so that it would
465:What are these two issues?
341:Is "were" the right tense?
52:Advanced editing exercises
3233:by the Southern Railway,
3187:by the Southern Railway,
3066:The second occurrence of
1957:The castle is oval, with
62:Build your linking skills
3230:a publicity masterstroke
3057:is a very ugly word for
2305:Group 5: longer examples
1578:It's surprisingly simple
1495:avoids repetition ("and
1453:Seattle's frequent rain
471:An article is required (
163:One typographical issue.
67:Using hyphens and dashes
3113:Chain-driven valve gear
2184:strategy of emphasising
2181:, rather than Darwin's
1811:dragged back and forth
516:was unprepared for war.
3169:Bulleid's innovative,
2919:An old-fashioned word.
2653:Where are the issues?
2530:health and social care
2202:Record number of goals
1946:Change the word order.
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3154:Where are the issues?
3002:the first designs to
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2933:Where are the issues?
2576:The false comparison:
2447:Where are the issues?
1999:Use the technique of
1462:an appropriate option
1156:had already purchased
833:, to secure promotion
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3352:User essays on style
3300:back-connector will
3128:What are the issues?
3017:during the austerity
2904:What are the issues?
2741:singing competition
2675:singing competition
2621:What are the issues?
2551:even if as vague as
2521:leisure and tourism,
2454:were once plentiful,
2424:What are the issues?
2245:Three-blade turbines
1359:is more direct than
1305:made the design both
633:Now it's clear that
31:Man writing a letter
3020:of the wartime and
2495:were once plentiful
2439:A false comparison.
2335:Where is the issue?
2310:St-Calais the rebel
2224:at-the-same-time-as
1891:"a swing ride ...".
1819:on the surface and
1091:at the same time as
886:Where is the issue?
826:Where is the issue?
757:Where is the issue?
680:Where is the issue?
115:Variety of English.
109:Scientific American
104:"Unfolding" design.
2528:health/social care
2325:What is the issue?
2130:Cope versus Darwin
2053:What is the issue?
2040:William de Neville
1985:What is the issue?
1931:What is the issue?
1919:Stone curtain wall
1867:What is the issue?
1686:What is the issue?
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1623:Totalitarian alarm
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876:What is the issue?
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536:to the right of a
370:had generally been
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2827:is required, for
2824:An upper-case "C"
2642:A missing hyphen.
2295:Thematic equative
1647:a forced equality
1459:made the surface
920:32 million albums
864:Shots at the goal
635:the protest group
530:telegram language
451:South Korean army
426:Possible solution
356:Possible solution
250:Canadian politics
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3011:fabrication
2962:constructed
2735:a national
2669:a national
2568:"known for"
2395:Explanation
2193:Explanation
2172:in terms of
2027:Explanation
1208:Explanation
1106:Ms Ima Hogg
1081:Explanation
1004:Explanation
983:Having sold
968:having sold
717:Explanation
655:Market town
629:Explanation
522:Explanation
442:Explanation
385:Explanation
309:Explanation
223:Explanation
3223:; this was
3083:"Post-war"
2753:Throughout
2738:all-female
2718:was placed
2684:Throughout
2672:all female
2660:she placed
2606:Jane Zhang
2233:A solution
2169:evolution
2166:focused on
2159:A solution
1909:WindSeeker
1857:WindSeeker
1850:Windseeker
1763:, the film
1674:Nebulisers
1339:challenge.
1202:purchased.
802:Sunderland
687:. However,
486:What does
373:successful
18:User:Tony1
3284:included.
3228:an astute
3054:"Utilise"
3040:"Amongst"
2973:austerity
2866:"Chinese"
2860:"Chinese"
2830:"Contest"
2582:"that of"
2506:known for
2504:linked to
2460:linked to
2222:as or an
2178:structure
2175:changing
2098:ry, which
2071:ry; which
1907:known as
1815:violently
1808:violently
1450:caused by
1440:potential
1227:"Already"
1089:as or an
1026:Agincourt
214:has since
199:1964–1979
130:Click on
122:Feedback.
3346:Category
3298:this was
3269:featured
3209:featured
3199:Solution
3166:featured
3090:plainly.
3026:economy.
3023:post-war
2988:Solution
2982:economy.
2979:post war
2852:"during"
2806:A hyphen
2792:"Placed"
2699:Solution
2487:Solution
2407:Somerset
2379:Solution
2370:although
2343:although
2227:problem.
2218:Is it a
2115:ry; this
2090:Solution
2009:Solution
2001:ellipsis
1952:Solution
1897:Solution
1801:Solution
1785:violent?
1720:Solution
1655:Solution
1588:Solution
1493:ellipsis
1485:Comments
1473:Solution
1356:The risk
1320:The risk
1314:Solution
1165:Solution
1050:Solution
1012:and not
977:Solution
896:Solution
852:Solution
777:Solution
703:however,
696:Solution
606:Solution
498:Solution
346:increase
286:Solution
234:ellipsis
191:Solution
3256:another
3046:"among"
2994:Packets
2950:utilise
2944:amongst
2939:Packets
2892:Packets
2762:Chinese
2727:Contest
2725:contest
2690:Chinese
2666:contest
2512:that of
1844:Group 4
1733:e and c
1375:(here,
1294:Concern
1198:already
1101:Group 3
1087:because
909:ry, who
727:period.
723:However
650:Group 2
344:Do you
294:and had
278:because
140:Group 1
3330:, not
3318:astute
3290:though
3217:though
3172:though
2967:during
2874:marked
2838:"Held"
2785:nested
2755:During
2220:causal
1973:Castle
1936:wall."
1887:Hint 2
1877:Hint 1
1830:pulled
1791:Hint 2
1783:wasn't
1777:Hint 1
1710:There
1447:field
1437:. The
1336:design
1235:"That"
1178:house
1028:(1913)
959:ranks
903:me; th
596:Hint 2
586:Hint 1
540:, use
528:Avoid
416:Hint 2
406:Hint 1
300:having
272:Hint 2
262:Hint 1
206:, and
174:Hint 2
157:Hint 1
3327:which
3314:isn't
3307:What
3239:which
3060:"use"
2999:among
2996:were
2941:were
2481:care.
2284:theme
2214:Hints
2142:Hints
1645:, or
1297:over
1286:Where
1186:that
1141:Where
1072:While
1062:While
948:Where
614:which
479:, or
335:Hints
238:helps
16:<
3302:help
3262:also
3207:also
3161:also
2976:and
2745:held
2678:held
2524:and
2475:and
2352:Hint
2259:Hint
2063:Hint
1995:Hint
1942:Hint
1822:then
1761:Jaws
1696:Hint
1508:need
1491:The
1456:also
1424:Hint
1405:What
1263:What
1121:What
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1024:HMS
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767:Hint
544:(or
538:noun
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