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Welcome to Tips for Better English

As with our previous Tips for Better Writing, each week we will cover a language point that causes confusion.

The Tips now take the form of brief multiple-choice questions - they should only take a moment to answer - so, however busy you are, there's no excuse!

Finally, if you have a language issue you'd like help with, let us know and we'll do our best to cover it in a tip.

With kind regards,

The Lacrosse Team

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Tip 1. Attached or enclosed?
Tip 2. Exception or exemption?
Tip 3. Commonly confused words: draft, project, prepare
Tip 4. Three months' / three month's / three-month?
Tip 5. What do we do with rights?
Tip 6. 'Już' in translation
Tip 7. Effective or efficient?
Tip 8. Translating 'wykluczyć'
Tip 9. 'Based on' or 'basing on'?
Tip 10. Translation of 'proponować': 'propose + to do' or 'propose +ing'?
Tip 11. Opening a letter
Tip 12. Ending an email in the right tone
Tip 13. 'Strona' in translation – party...?
Tip 14. Agree to/on/for?
Tip 15. Polite requests using 'appreciate'
Tip 16. 'Whether'
Tip 17. Amounts
Tip 18. Receipt or receiving? Noun or gerund (-ing)?
Tip 19. Plain English
Tip 20. Useful metaphors 1
Tip 21. Useful metaphors 2
Tip 22. Language of contracts 1
Tip 23. Following 'if'...
Tip 24. 'Consent' + which preposition?
Tip 25. Word choice: liable, prone, or susceptible?
Tip 26. Clear negation
Tip 27. Useful metaphors 3
Tip 28. Verb choice: raise, rise, give rise, arouse?
Tip 29. Word Choice: talking about differences
Tip 30. Word choice: raise, rise or increase?
Tip 31. Translating 'prowadzić' 1
Tip 32. Translating 'prowadzić' 2
Tip 33. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Tip 34. Style matters...
Tip 35. Common problem with word order
Tip 36. Common confusion: 'occur', 'happen' or 'take place'?
Tip 37. Common confusion: oriented or orientated?
Tip 38. Distinguishing similar words: collaboration, collusion, cooperation
Tip 39. Which verb with 'conclusions'?
Tip 40. Convince or persuade?
Tip 41. Translating contracts - clarity
Tip 42. Translating 'na'
Tip 43. Useful nuances: compare
Tip 44. Translation of "pod rygorem nieważności"
Tip 45. Translating 'zapoznać się'
Tip 46. Confusable words: 'take' or 'last'?
Tip 47. Common translation problem: wypowiedzenie
Tip 48. Common translation problems: 'po'
Tip 49. Common translation problems: ryzyko
Tip 50. Common errors in opening sentences.
Tip 51. Describing what courts do (1)
Tip 52. Describing requirements
Tip 53. Plurals of person
Tip 54. Describing what courts do (2)
Tip 55. Useful words you may not have come across (1)
Tip 56. Translating "nie ulega kwestii"
Tip 57. Declaration - oświadczenie
Tip 58. Stating conditions using 'Only if'
Tip 59. Stating conditions (2)
Tip 60. Translating 'odpowiedni' and 'odpowiednio'
Tip 61. A question of clarity.
Tip 62. Translating 'podstawa'.
Tip 63. Translating okazać się/okazywać się.
Tip 64. Translating into English: 'związany z'.
Tip 65. Insolvency.
Tip 66. Translating: Osoba prowadząca działalność gospodarczą.
Tip 67. 'Argumentacja'.
Tip 68. Linking ideas: 'niezależnie od'/'bez względu na'