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About Dan Smith
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I have been a professional writer and editor for more than 30 years, taught speech and English composition at the university level, and have developed speech and English composition courses and seminars for businesses. I am experienced in editing a wide variety of materials, especially business, scientific, and other academic papers. I am familiar with all the major style guides.

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I have edited any number of graduate papers and other technical materials in such advanced fields as civil and electrical engineering and semiconductor fabrication. I have extensive experience in working with non-native English speakers.
   

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speaker critique11/3/2006Dan Smith
  Q: Could you tell me how to do a paper on critiquing an outside speaker?
  A: Do you want to write a critique of an outside speaker or do you want to write a paper about how to ...
Essay/Thesis statement10/29/2006Dan Smith
  Q: I would like to thank you for your time and consideration in answering my question. I really do ...
  A: I answered the question the way I did because of your dishonesty in calling the party the Democrat ...
Essay/Thesis statement10/29/2006Dan Smith
  Q: I am in my 1st year of college after spending the last 13 years serving in the Army. needless to ...
  A: Who the devil wrote your question? That person should be shot because he or she does not know the ...
Thesis Issue - Getting Mother's Body?10/27/2006Dan Smith
  Q: My name is Laura and I'm trying, rather in vain, to come up with a thesis for the book Getting ...
  A: You've an advantage on me; you've read the book. Decide what central thing you want to say about the ...
identity theft10/26/2006Dan Smith
  Q: what is identity theft?
  A: Identify theft is when someone gains access to enough personal information about another person to ...
english10/25/2006Dan Smith
  Q: How can i improve my conventions, what should i pay more attention to to improve them and is there a ...
  A: You can begin by practicing writing as well as you can every time you sit down at the keyboard. I ...
Essay critique10/23/2006Dan Smith
  Q: I have written an essay critiquing the essay by George Orwell - "Shooting an Elephant." Could u ...
  A: This is a longer piece than I can do at no charge. I limit my free work to 1 double-spaced page, ...
edit the grammar10/22/2006Dan Smith
  Q: I don't have a credit card so I can't have you edit my essay. thanks anyway Balint
  A: OK. Go ahead and send me the full essay directly. dan@wordsmith@austin.rr.com If I can have a ...
edit the grammar10/21/2006Dan Smith
  Q: I am writing an application essay to study library science. I would like to know if you can correct ...
  A: Although it needs some minor grammatical fixes, the major problem is structural. You ask them to ...
Citing an allexperts.com response10/16/2006Dan Smith
  Q: So, the citation for this interview would be: Smith, Dan. Online interview. "Citing an ...
  A: That should do it. Very good. I doubt you will find an exact example in the MLA stylebook to cover ...
Citing an allexperts.com response10/15/2006Dan Smith
  Q: I am working on a high school science fair project. As part of my research, I asked some questions ...
  A: Give the expert's name and the site (allexperts.com). Provide the URL for that expert. In the text, ...
Essays10/14/2006Dan Smith
  Q: ------------------------- That is the full question and the incredibles is a movie and "After ...
  A: Ok. I have not seen the movie or read the short story, so that's about as far as I can take it. But ...
Essays10/14/2006Dan Smith
  Q: Hi my name is Renee and im in yr 7 and for english we have to right up 1 or 2 essays that are 1000 ...
  A: First of all, you have to WRITE the essays, not "right" them. To answer your question, I would ...
English Composition10/2/2006Dan Smith
  Q: ...For an essay in English 101, I wrote in short, choppy sentences intentionally to show action, ...
  A: I think it is too choppy. While I understand your attempt to show action in this way, I think it ...
Composition10/1/2006Dan Smith
  Q: .. Will you pleae tell me if I would have to do a citation (with page number included), a ...
  A: It depends on which style guide you are using. Since this is an English course, I would assume MLA. ...
How to write9/26/2006Dan Smith
  Q: My name is Megan and I'm into my second year in college. I'm taking a basic writing class and my ...
  A: Well, the instructor has given you the pieces of the essay, so do what you're told. The introduction ...
Punctuation9/26/2006Janet Ilacqua
  Q: Can you give me examples of what each Punctuation mark means? I have the most troble in a paper when ...
  A: A group of words containing a subject and a verb and expressing a complete thought is called a ...
summary essay9/24/2006Dan Smith
  Q: Hey I have edited my essay and this is the final draft which I have incorporated your suggestions. ...
  A: In the second paragraph, "generally associated WITH geography". I generally find the use of "map" ...
proof read9/24/2006Dan Smith
  Q: Robert Munch is one of my favourite all time children’s authors. One of my favourite children’s book ...
  A: The punctuation is OK, but you need to be careful of tense. Keep it in the past tense until you get ...
summary essay9/23/2006Dan Smith
  Q: I am a first year university student at Queen's university. I am taking first year technical ...
  A: Generally pretty well written, but watch out for inappropriate changes of tense. Your paragraph ...
composition9/21/2006Dan Smith
  Q: Could you comment on this? Title: A reunion with three friends from schooldays in 10 years’ time. ...
  A: You're being careless. Don't change tenses. Since it is something that happened in the past, let it ...
Choosing a unique title for my essay9/21/2006Dan Smith
  Q: Well thanks but i dont kno who Spiro Agnew is thoughThank you anyways...I guess I will just go with ...
  A: The late Spiro Agnew was Richard Nixon's first Vice President. He was known for his use of ...
Speaking9/19/2006Dan Smith
  Q: I had to give a speech recently. I stumbled over my mouth something terrible. Afterward someone ...
  A: Toastmasters is an organization dedicated to helping people give presentations more effectively. It ...
GCE O level paper9/13/2006Dan Smith
  Q: Would you comment on this essay? title: Dreams Every one of us has our own dreams. Be it to ...
  A: Well, it does need an edit by a native English speaker. However, it is about twice the amount of ...
Revising and Editing9/13/2006Janet Ilacqua
  Q: How many times do you revise and edit your academic paper?
  A: I would recommend revising and editing your paper at least twice. the first time, you should do an ...
history help9/9/2006Dan Smith
  Q: i'm 15, in yr 10 and live in nsw,australia.i recently went on a school excursion to the australian ...
  A: Freedom is a good one and the most important. The Allies (Australia was one) were fighting to assure ...
Intoduction Statement/Thesis8/26/2006Dan Smith
  Q: I am about to enroll in a master's level program and part of the process is writing an essay paper. ...
  A: It is permissible but generally not a good idea, if for no other reason that it is dull. Go directly ...
APA Dissertation Chapter headings8/15/2006Dan Smith
  Q: Are chapter headings always to be written in all capital letters, or are they ONLY to be in all caps ...
  A: See APA Manual 5.10. Level 1 headings are all caps only if there are 5 levels. But, this is a ...
GCE O level paper8/11/2006Dan Smith
  Q: Would you mind to comment on this essay in terms of grammer, sentence strutures and use of language? ...
  A: You're using words in ways no native speaker would. Also, you do not understand articles, tenses, ...
Reference8/9/2006Dan Smith
  Q: I recently attended a 2 day seminar sponsored by Florida Gold Coast Chapter of AACN (American ...
  A: If you are going to give highlights of each presentation you attended, you might do a title slide ...
admission essay-2(Post-study plan)7/24/2006Dan Smith
  Q: It is me again,here is my post study plan for my apply. please also point out the incorret and ...
  A: I have taken a look at both your questions. This is far more work than I can do at no charge. I ...
admission essay-1(study plan)7/24/2006Dan Smith
  Q: my school asked me to write a study plan for my apply.I would like to get your word and comments on ...
  A: I have taken a look at both your questions. This is far more work than I can do at no charge. I ...
how to write a speach to deliver7/19/2006Dan Smith
  Q: I would be more than grateful to your help if you cuold provide me with some hints at how to write ...
  A: You will probably be introduced by the host, and there will probably be brief biographical ...
INTERNET CAN NEVER REPLACE BOOKS-DEBATE7/3/2006Dan Smith
  Q: Good Evening Sir. My Name is Nafeesa, and i am from India, Asia. I am 13 years old and i am in ...
  A: The first help I'm going to offer you is this suggestion: don't think it is acceptable to use typing ...
Need help on how to edit essays, thanks.6/27/2006Dan Smith
  Q: Please review my essay. The Three Names of Freedom this is the body of my essay, ...
  A: Briana, I limit my pro bono editing to the equivalent of one typewritten page, double-spaced. This ...
Research paper6/13/2006Dan Smith
  Q: I'm writing a research paper for which I need to include both endnotes and a bibliography. I'm not ...
  A: Different stylesheets differ a bit, but this looks OK to me. Endnotes are just like footnotes ...
CYC and the common sense problem5/30/2006Dan Smith
  Q: ) I have a school work with theme: "CYC and the common sense problem". It must be 10 pages or more. ...
  A: I did a quick Google search on "CYC" and turned up a number of sites, but for a school paper you ...
English Essay part 35/27/2006Dan Smith
  Q: Here is the 4th and 5th paragraph of my essay. Practicing the 3 Rs: reducing, reusing, and ...
  A: Practicing the 3 Rs can also have some disadvantages. Sometimes it is ineffective and useless, and ...
English Essay part 35/27/2006Dan Smith
  Q: Here is the 3rd paragraph of my essay. We are recycling, reducing, and reusing not only to protect ...
  A: We are recycling, reducing, and reusing not only to protect the environment, but for economic ...
English Essay part 25/27/2006Dan Smith
  Q: Here is the 2nd paragraph of my essay. Environmentally aware consumers are producing less waste by ...
  A: Environmentally aware consumers are producing less waste by practicing the 3Rs: recycling, reducing, ...

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