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>The hardest part of advising Ph.D. students is teaching them how to write. Fortunately, I've seen patterns emerge over the past couple years. So, I've decided to replace myself with a shell script.

Archive: https://archive.today/hJBWa From the post: >>The hardest part of advising Ph.D. students is teaching them how to write. Fortunately, I've seen patterns emerge over the past couple years. So, I've decided to replace myself with a shell script.
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The hardest part of my journey as a writer has been learning how to not talk like a faggot.

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interested in your findings

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I would actually, and unironically, love to hear your advice on writing

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I can do that. I enjoy it and am quite good at it, the realm of professional written communication (memos, instructions, procedures). What sort of product would be suitable for the outcome you'd like? I think I could start with a listicle of <10 tips, either 1) reiterating shit I've picked up from other advice that is either TRUE or FALSE, and 2) original shit nobody else has picked up on.

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The Zombie Test for passive voice: Place the phrase, " by zombies." At the end of a sentence. If it still makes sense it is passive voice.

"The lawn was mowed by zombies" passive voice. "OP's mom mowed the lawn by zombies" <- does not make sense and is active voice.