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AAARRGGHH.

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MiaWallace · 04/02/2007 11:25

My essay is 200 words over the allowed word count and I don't know what I can cut out without losing the crux of my argument.

DAMN,DAMN,DAMN

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tiredemma · 04/02/2007 11:36

have you gone over the extra % allowed?

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MiaWallace · 04/02/2007 15:19

Yeah 50 words over, trying to find ways to cut out the additional 50. Sounds like it should be easy but I'm struggling.

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belgianmama · 04/02/2007 20:27

You know one of my classmates always makes the wordcount up! She just says what it should be and they take her word for it.
I always take out sub titles and I also make some allowance for the references & dates between brackets. I don't think that counts either really.
I'm sure you'll find somewhere to cut down.
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Fillyjonk · 04/02/2007 20:29

yeah they aren't going to actually check, Mia

just don't give a round figure, say 3098 or something

if you get really stuck-have you tried using the thesaurus to substitue words, liberal use of the ; , putting stuff in footnotes?

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MiaWallace · 04/02/2007 22:22

Thanks for the advice. Used some of the tips you have given me and I'm now within my allowance.Yay!

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