Original sentence: Bill Bryson (born December 8,1951) is a best-selling American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and on scientific subjects.These books were popularly acclaimed and well-reviewed, though they received criticism from academics in the field, who claimed they contained factual errors, urban myths, and folk etymologies.Though Bryson has no formal linguistics qualifications, he is a popular and generally well-regarded writer on the subject of languages
Edited sentence: Bill Bryson (born December 8,1951) is a best-selling American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language, no less humorous, though heavily criticized by some.These books were acclaimed and well-reviewed, though they received the inevitable criticism from academics in the field, who claimed they contained factual errors, urban myths, and folk etymologies.Though Bryson has no formal linguistics qualifications, he is a popular and well-regarded writer on the subject of languages