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Re:Writing well by criddell on Thursday November 26, 2020 @01:55PM (#25222658)
> Proofread carefully to see if you [leave] words out.

Shouldn't it be left rather than leave?

Re:Writing well by eganist on Thursday November 26, 2020 @06:25PM (#25224288)
Good catch, though the fix I don't think is quite right. "Proofread carefully to see if you [have left/are leaving] words out" probably should've been what I wrote. I invite a much more competent writer to fact-check me.

"Proofread carefully to see if you [leave] words out." I believe is grammatically correct but a bit nonsensical as I'm no longer in the act of writing words when I'm proofreading. But again, I'm also possibly just embarrassing myself at this point.