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Materials for Turing's Research Data Science course
https://alan-turing-institute.github.io/rds-course/
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Passive vs. Active text? + General simplification of language #115

Open AoifeHughes opened 1 year ago

AoifeHughes commented 1 year ago

On skim reading the current modules, the text for the most part seems active. Would it be an idea to update the text as much as possible to be active?

https://www.ef.co.uk/english-resources/english-grammar/passive-voice/

It's a little annoying to find specifically, but just thought worth raising to decide if it should be a back-of-the-mind thought when proofreading?

AoifeHughes commented 1 year ago

Really silly point, but do we use UK English or Simplified English? And is it worth standardising across the modules?

AoifeHughes commented 1 year ago

Updating this issue, after reviewing m3 in particular, and as noted in commit 1f88402046b044c480d310e22860fa49a4e8394b, there are some obtuse words and phrasing which are scattered throughout the course. We need to make an effort to make sure we do not use excessively complex words (or at least provide better context and definations for them)