upsticks: (Back Alley English)
upsticks ([personal profile] upsticks) wrote2009-11-16 12:26 pm

Writing some of my dissertation, and found this... in my own head.

Moreover, especially in light of the pioneering nature of the discussion area, this means that the text becomes a mostly predictive venture, which while helpful, cannot be used as an analytical tool, unless by comparing what was thought to become with what did.


TENSE. OWIE.
ext_10830: Jewellrey (Back Alley English)

[identity profile] glitterfairy25.livejournal.com 2009-11-21 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I...it does? :S

I swear, if scientific journals actually wrote in plainer English, they'd be so much shorter. Like, FIVE BOOKS shorter.