Hey folks
A month has went past since my last post? Jeez...
I've finally got my scootay back on the road, hoorah!!
If you see a metallic purple vespa on the road, sorry I'm new, and I'm sure I will make some mistakes. It has been nice being able to go places and not have to ask he who has a gig at the Lemon Tree on Friday if he can chauffeur me.
Back on topic: I am doing a dissertation on vocal technique, and I need help. I got a good mark for a recent essay (18/20 or 90%). It's good that I can organise my thoughts, but I am no good at the editing process. My current misdemeanors include:
- Colloquialisms: using 'you' instead of 'one' when describing how people should do stuff. Yes, they are that picky when it comes to dissertations.
- Split infinitives. I don't even know what this is!
- Sentence structures. Sometimes I know what I'm trying to say, but when I try to write it down, it is unclear and disjointed.
- Basic grammar. I just plain suck at it. I get confused between what is a noun and a verb, sorry world.
So basically I am looking for people who will read my dissertation armed with their trusty red pen of doom, and tell me where all the mistakes are. I'm happy to pay people too, as it will be quite lengthy, ten thousand words.
Cheers!
4 comments:
Feel free to send me a copy of anything you want checked. I'm constantly and no doubt annoyingly, correcting folks grammar, especially ending sentences in conjunctions, that really pisses me off -
"It's something I'm not sure of"
"It's something of which I'm not sure"
etc etc.
anyhow, I'd be happy to give it the once over, I'll also double check my understanding of split infinitives. I think it's like, when you put an adjective before an infinitive verb, "to happily sing" and such?? not sure.
btk
*adverb even
also I think a common split infinitive is the negator
"I'd not like to do that"
splits to-
"I'd like to not do that"
hehe found a wikipedia page dedicated to it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_infinitive
btk
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