Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Joy of Editing

“Honda recently announced that it is soon going to start its Mexican-built Civic exported to U.S.”

BETTER: “Honda recently announced that it will soon start exporting its Mexican-built Civics to the U.S.”

“upon the advertising campaign going active…”

BETTER: “when the advertising campaign is launched…”

“The signal to unlock a barrier can truncate upon the door position input going active."

BETTER: “The signal to unlock a barrier can truncate when the door position input is active.”

“They determine whether the authorized party is present prior to the start of a transaction.”

BETTER: “They determine whether the authorized party is present before a transaction begins.”

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