During the last year Posted on: April 30, 2020 / Categories: Conversation, Vocabulary Throughout this year (if you are referring to the present calendar year) Throughout last year Over the last few years Bottom line – be careful of how you use “during” to refer to time periods
Remove the phrase “in case” from all tech writing. Posted on: April 6, 2020 / Categories: Conversation It’s often used like ‘we did x “in case” you use y’. “when” is sufficient.
We don’t “overcome” anything. We are not in the “overcoming” business. Posted on: April 6, 2020 / Categories: Conversation We updated X to overcome Y. => We updated X to address Y.
It is not necessary to inject “or not” at the end of a sentence. Posted on: April 1, 2020 / Categories: Conversation If you feel you need to be explicit, then be explicit. Write two sentences.