What is Awkward phrasing?

[vinayakgole]

Hi,
I have had a couple of articles rejected with the reason that they contained awkward phrasing. Could someone please help me understand what exactly is awkward phrasing?

Thanks in advance

regards

[Ed]

Phrasing in your articles often does not sound natural to an English-speaking audience. Please visit the "Constructive Criticism" thread in the Author Exchange forum for advice from other authors. I cannot identify specifics because this problem manifests itself in many different ways in your articles.

Ed

[vinayakgole]

Thanks Ed,

Will see what I can learn from criticism.

[Ed]

One problem you have - but not always - is awkward article (a, an, the) usage. If your errors were more consistent, I could be of more help. I suggest pasting just the first couple of lines of a couple of your articles into the Constructive Criticism thread to see what suggestions the other authors have. Hope this will help.

Ed