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These months are marking the end of my experience as a Section Editor for the @ASCEpublishing @ASCE_EWRI Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. Here's a list of common issues I found in the papers I handled during the past years:
1. A VERY common issue I found were papers with a poor Introduction. What does that mean?
1.1 Weak or confusing description of the macro problem(s) addressed in the study ➡️ Make your problem statement clear, tangible, and accessible to a broad audience.
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Know the Difference between BEEN and BEING

The verb 'be' has eight forms: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been. Among these forms, BEEN and BEING mostly suffer a cruel misuse by users of the English language.

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But these two are different in form and function.

1. Difference in FORM
When BEING is used, it is preceded by any of ‘am’, ‘is’ ‘are’, ‘was’, ‘were’ and succeeded by the past participle of the verb (EATEN & SPOKEN are the past participle forms of EAT and SPEAK)

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eg.,
The food IS BEING EATEN by Tola
I AM BEING punished by Mr. Tere

When BEEN is used, it is preceded by any of ‘has’, ‘have’ or ‘had’ and succeeded by the past participle of the verb.
eg.,
The food HAS BEEN EATEN by Tola
I HAVE BEEN PUNISHED by Mr. Tere

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