Thoughts

• Cite sources. By now, you should have substantial resources from which you draw
• Don't write the Executive Summary yet
• Before listing tasks, you need a describe what you plan to do
• Don't use quotes unless it is from somewhere else: The "bad" people...
• OK: "Omit needless words" (Strunk and White)
• Ditch the ings. I am planning to -> I plan to
• Don't capitalize unless it is a proper noun

Wordsmith Hall of Shame

• actually
• all intents and purposes
• as early as
• as mentioned previously
• currently
• essentially
• etc
• fundamental
• in fact
• in general
• in my thesis
• mankind
• simply
• the world of
• the real world
• though
• throughout history
• utilize (what's wrong with use?)
• vast
• very