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by JuliusPullo 1963 days ago
Here's a tip that will make you look like a professional writer instantly: search your text for the words "actually" and "actual" and delete them all to hell. No need to revise anything, just delete them -they are useless and are on the way. Bonus tip to native English speakers (non-natives for some reason don't seem to make this mistake): don't use "then" where you should use "than". I also have a pet peeve with American women trying to talk an octave lower than their natural voice, but that'll be a comment for another article.