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Critique Checker

Check the phrasing of a Critique

Use this page to see if your critique might have unrecommended phrasing, as described in the articles on critters diplomacy and It's Not What You Say But How You Say It (and the other articles on the Diplomacy Home Page & Reading Options page).

Note that having it check out okay does NOT submit the critique! It only checks it for certain red-flag phrases. Submit the critique as usual (email or via the submission page).

Try this one if your browser supports file transfers and you've saved your manuscript to a text file...

Critique (plain/ASCII/DOS text!) filename to check:


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If your browser does not support file uploads, or you're trying to copy and paste directly from your word processor into your email program and thus have no text file to test... then paste your file here and we'll take a shot at checking it:


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CRITTERS DIPLOMACY

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