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Quote From Natassia:

Pervasive is one of my favourites, I'm trying to fine tune my grammar at the moment so learning how to use 'whilst' as apparantly that's better than some alternatives. Also I've been told to use 'this' less.


I once got an article back from a journal objecting to me using the word 'whilst' and asking, bizarrely, if I'd been 'influenced by my reading material in my choice of vocabulary' (I study late medieval literature) *scratches head*. So I've not been using 'whilst' as a result. Who knows what's right?!

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Z

"Significant" is one of my favourite words as it means it worked!
Z
ps Although did just write - significant shit - rather than - significant shift. Might be time to go home...

is 'generaliseability' a word???

I've just put it in and it looks wrong - can't be a word, can it?

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KC - maybe it depends on the field, but I guess 'whilst' is quite an old-fashioned word. I'm trying to learn how to use it properly without being told.

Sneaks - generalisability is a word I think, generalisation is so I guess it should be, if that makes sense!

Here's another one I like - 'efficacy'

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Most importantly,

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