I am privileged to work on some very international and interdisciplinary journals. This has brought me into correspondence with a wide range of authors from different academic and geographic backgrounds. Every academic discipline has its own language, even when it is all conducted in English (or any other language). There are specialised vocabularies such that a… Continue reading Academic writing, disciplines and difference
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Proofreading and gendered language
I have been happily tapping away on Pages for a while now but only used the proofreading function recently. I already had the spell checker turned on so my pages are decorated by red dotted lines where I resist the opportunity to correct/'Americanize' my spelling (note to self: change dictionary language). Running the proofreader on… Continue reading Proofreading and gendered language