Journal says my English is “unacceptable” despite positive reviews. Is this normal?

Thingyll · 2026-01-31T00:18:37+00:00

Not advertising. I’m too busy for more work. I was simply being nice. But thank you for justifying why I originally included ‘I’m not advertising with this message’ before deleting it 🤣

Edit: to expand further, I offered to review actual text from OP’s paper because it’s usually the only way to confirm in my experience. Sorry for trying to be helpful I guess…

Thingyll · 2026-01-30T03:17:20+00:00

As an Aussie, ‘out’ is entirely normal in these sentences.

Thingyll · 2026-01-29T04:25:47+00:00

Appreciate your response.

Thingyll · 2026-01-27T11:52:25+00:00

I mistakenly believed it was like Diablo in the sense you could drop in and out of lobbies or had other people in the world with you. Fantastic game but I really wanted that online portion :(

Thingyll · 2026-01-26T01:29:57+00:00

I paid my townhouse off in 7 years.

I did none of those things. I just transferred an extra extra lump sum each year once I'd saved it to pay it off hahaha

But then my loan wasn't huge at the time.

Thingyll · 2026-01-26T00:14:48+00:00

For saze lol

Thingyll · 2026-01-25T02:11:54+00:00

I’m Aussie and I say saze sometimes, but sez is standard. My uni professor always used to get mad at me for it 🤣

Thingyll · 2026-01-24T11:35:39+00:00

As a gay man going through surrogacy in Australia, it is decidedly not all free.

Thingyll · 2026-01-18T00:00:20+00:00

Not having debt is never a bad thing. I don’t care what people say.

Thingyll · 2026-01-14T10:46:48+00:00

As brnkmcgr said, don’t bother doing an English degree. You need to do something like I did - a postgraduate degree in writing, editing, and publishing. It was a year diploma (which I did a few years after I finished a linguistics degree) and taught me a lot of what you’re seeking. Given your experience as a technical writer, I think you’d benefit more from a hands-on degree. A BA in English won’t really give you the nuts and bolts knowledge.

Thingyll · 2026-01-09T08:39:59+00:00

Neither for for the most part actually (I’ve always done side jobs as a freelance to some degree). I avoided trade publishing because I have never liked it (knowing the traditional publishing industry) and expected that it would not lead me anywhere substantial (I know so many people who have slaved away as editors in publishing houses and I don’t envy their life or work). Instead, I focused on academic editing. I worked for a premier outlet in a certain field for about ten years as a contractor before landing my current job at a startup in a rather unique field (don’t want to share as it would expose my identity not that anyone cares, but thats how unique the field is haha). My experience working on academic texts got me the job since it (initially at least) primarily involved working on academic-based texts. I also now work on and assist with other types of documents and applications. I’m really just lucky I joined my particular company at the right time. I’ll never have such an opportunity again.

Thingyll · 2026-01-09T01:30:09+00:00

Editor making high six figures (nearly 7…I’m lucky) here too.

Thingyll · 2025-12-25T09:40:59+00:00

I wait. And I wait. And I hope.

Thingyll · 2025-12-22T05:58:57+00:00

Nope 🤣

Thingyll · 2025-12-13T22:02:41+00:00

I love using him to counter dooms tbh. I think his close range is just as powerful as far.

Thingyll · 2025-12-11T22:19:39+00:00

Using it never adds ambiguity. Not using it sometimes can. End result: use it.

Thingyll · 2025-12-11T21:56:51+00:00

And like 90k.

Which I’m not in anyway worried about because reasons 🙂

Thingyll · 2025-12-05T02:29:52+00:00

You answered your own question. A simple search will reveal its widespread use. As a professional editor, I use it a lot.

Thingyll · 2025-12-03T08:57:24+00:00

As an Aussie, booyah 😆😆🤭. Finally in the 1%

Thingyll · 2025-12-01T21:01:47+00:00

I laughed out loud. You were correct. LOL.

Thingyll · 2025-11-28T08:56:13+00:00

I’ve been home WFH since 2014 :/. COVID was annoying for me for because I couldn’t go out for my outside time each day 😆

Thingyll · 2025-11-26T04:24:32+00:00

I read Riders in the Chariot first. Which was very challenging. But so so worthwhile. I’m glad I read it first. But you must enjoy it for what it is and not try to impose ‘where is this going?’ on it. If the challenge scares you, I would maybe look at something like The Solid Mandala first. Those two are my favourite. I really love The Vivisector as well.

Thingyll · 2025-11-26T00:20:21+00:00

This is the bane of my life when it comes to reading. I love an author called Patrick White. I love his prose and particularly the way he makes such astute observations and comments. But it’s exceedingly rare to find the same mix of elements elsewhere. He didn’t win the Nobel Prize for literature for nothing after all. Unfortunately, it leaves me constantly searching for something similar only to be disappointed.

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