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Active patterns
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Recurring in your writing
Mastered
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Quiet for three weeks or more
Came back
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Worth practising again
A pattern moves from watching to active after a second independent occurrence, and only reaches mastered with proof.
Missing articles and possessives
ActiveWe shipped feature to customer.toWe shipped the feature to our customer.
Countable singular nouns need a determiner: a, an, the, my, our. This is the highest-frequency slip for Slavic and Turkic first languages.
Recurring. The coach watches for it in every draft.
Preposition choice
Activeresponsible of the rollouttoresponsible for the rollout
Recurring uncertainty around in, on, at, for, to, throughout and across. Learn prepositions as part of the whole phrase, never alone.
Recurring. The coach watches for it in every draft.
Adjective versus adverb
ActiveIt went very smooth.toIt went very smoothly.
Modify a verb with an adverb. "It went smoothly", "it works reliably", "she writes clearly."
Recurring. The coach watches for it in every draft.
Keep someone posted on
Activekeep you posted for the progresstokeep you posted on our progress
The collocation is "keep someone posted on something", or "keep you posted as things progress."
Recurring. The coach watches for it in every draft.
Translated collocations
Activemake a training for the teamtorun a training session for the team
Grammar is understandable but the word combination sounds translated. Collect the natural pairing rather than the single word.
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Reach out to
Activereach to the internal teamtoreach out to the internal team
"Reach out to" is the phrasal verb. "Reach" alone means physically arrive at or extend to.
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Once plus present tense
Activeafter the submission will get approvedtoonce the submission is approved
English uses the present tense after time conjunctions like once, when, after and until, never "will".
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Throughout a month
Activeduring all Septembertothroughout September
Use "throughout" for a full span of time. "During all September" is a translated construction.
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Hard versus hardly
ActiveI will hardly try.toI will try hard.
"Hardly" means almost not. It is not the adverb of "hard". "I will try hard" means real effort; "I hardly tried" means almost none.
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Historic versus historical
Activea historical milestone for the companytoa historic milestone for the company
"Historic" means important in history. "Historical" means related to history.
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Direct line of communication
Activeestablished a communication linetoestablished a direct line of communication
The natural collocation is "a direct line of communication with someone."
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Complete a migration
Activeconclude the full migrationtocomplete the full migration
"Complete" collocates with projects and migrations. "Conclude" fits arguments, meetings and agreements.
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Anyone in a department
Activeengineering everyonetoanyone in engineering
Use "anyone in X" or "everyone on the X team". A bare noun plus "everyone" is word-order transfer.
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I am happy to share
ActiveI am happy to inform thattoI am happy to share that
"Inform" needs an object: inform you that. In most updates "I am happy to share that" sounds warmer and more natural.
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Developed in close collaboration
Activerealized in close cooperationtodeveloped in close collaboration
"Realized" for "built" is direct translation. English uses developed, built or delivered, in close collaboration with.
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People are not resources
Activeinvolved resourcestoeveryone involved
In ordinary communication call people people: "everyone involved", "relevant stakeholders", "the team members involved."
Recurring. The coach watches for it in every draft.
Help plus base verb
Activehelp me improvingtohelp me improve
Use help + object + base verb. "Help me improve", "help the team communicate", "this will help the company grow."
Recurring. The coach watches for it in every draft.
Lack takes no preposition
ActiveI do not lack on ideas.toI do not lack ideas.
"Lack" is transitive as a verb: lack + object, no preposition. The noun form takes "of": a lack of ideas.
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Make a decision
Activetake a decisiontomake a decision
American English collocates "make" with decision. "Take a decision" is British and reads as translated in US business writing.
Recurring. The coach watches for it in every draft.
Talking about your current stage
Activeat what stage I am nowtogiven where I am now
Natural alternatives: "given where I am now", "at my current stage", "given where I am in my development."
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