Red Editing Pen
TRAIN YOUR BRAIN
Each month, we give you a few sentences which would all benefit from some careful use of your red editing pen. As writers, and regular readers of Writing Magazine, you should not find any of these too difficult. But if you would welcome a little help, you can always check out Richard Bell’s suggested solutions below:
Here are this month’s examples:
1 If she were speaking maniacally it was because she wanted to enthuse her audience with her ideas even though they may have been impracticable.
2 He saw England as a safe haven even though he still espoused ideas that had been unpopular at home whilst his distinct accent proclaimed his country of origin.