@Tuq: yup, IB - Written Task 1...
@Qwerty: it's just 1:42 AM so far. Still have to make the rationale (200-300 words), learn some words, study for a (small) test, and prepare for a debate, for the rest I'm fine.... :P
@Slvr: I fixed a few things, it went up to 1003... then I removed two words, then one more, and now it's perfect... 1000 words! :D
If you need to extend word count legitimately on a paper, trade in your contractions for the two words used to create it.
If you ever need to eliminate words, check for use of "that" and look at the sentence without it. If the sentence can stand without the word get rid of the word.
Both of those we do quite a bit on a regular basis.
Oh. Don't try to hide words in white, constrict margins, change font type/size, make footnotes superbig if that's applicable to what you're doing. Those are very cheap (and old!) tricks everyone knows about and know how to check for.
I had a few people try that on papers I graded in grad school!
Just go about it honestly and get someone really good with grammar checking to help you consolidate if you need it. :)
Hehe, nah, don't worry, I didn't use any weird tricks to change anything. :P I believe I've only done that once, and it was only changing the spaces and dots from size 12 to 12.5 or something (and it wasn't an important thing, I believe it was like 5+ years ago)... :P
The rationale for this task had to be 200-300 words... it was 298, but then I looked for somewhere I could add 2 more words, found somewhere, and tadaa, 300 words exactly. ;)
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