I'm up for immediate execution by the local ph.d. studyboard if I don't get my act together and do the final proofreading of my ph.d. thesis. The last part of the writing process was very hurried because I was running out of money, which is painfully obvious in the version presented to the committee, which therefore strongly recommended that I proofread it before publication (For instance, all the titles I had italised disappeared due to a weird Word-function and I only had time to re-italise some of them. Bad style.) Of course, I had the best intentions of doing it right away, but then...I was immediately hired as assistant professor, launching the game center, teaching, then I did the book and then I became Head of Department. Just haven't been able to find the time for it, but nevertheless I simply have to. So for those of you in a similar situation as me, some nice little helpers:

Writing Numbers in English (when and when not write numbers as words)

Online Thesaurus

Wordweb (install it, and call it up anytime to check a word and it's meaning by pressing ctrl-alt-w - brilliant little tool)
# posted by Lisbeth at: 15:09