Great article on editing
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I am increasingly bored by the continuing war on the passive.
Some sections of the department use the APA stylesheet, which I believe completely forbids the passive. Stupid.
The gerund and participle (yes, they are different! ) one might be a bit excessive as well. There are times when the progressive is called for.
"I'm currently running a series of simulations of blah blah blah."
"I run computer simulations of blah blah blah for a living."
(Oh, by the way, got "Safari could not open the page “http://bb.solahpmo.com/posting.php?mode=reply&t=976” because the server is not responding." when I first tried posting this. )
Some sections of the department use the APA stylesheet, which I believe completely forbids the passive. Stupid.
The gerund and participle (yes, they are different! ) one might be a bit excessive as well. There are times when the progressive is called for.
"I'm currently running a series of simulations of blah blah blah."
"I run computer simulations of blah blah blah for a living."
(Oh, by the way, got "Safari could not open the page “http://bb.solahpmo.com/posting.php?mode=reply&t=976” because the server is not responding." when I first tried posting this. )
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That is one of my greatest problems. Its like I was born to write in the passive.SandChigger wrote:I am increasingly bored by the continuing war on the passive.
Think I'm going to put Strunk & White's in the pile and re-read it sometime.
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Like anything else, it's the overuse = abuse that's the problem. Moderation in all things....
Forbidding something entirely because it might be abused is such a stupid, knee-jerk reaction. And a sign of little minds.
What does that say for the APA.
(I'm sure we can find you something better than S&W. )
Forbidding something entirely because it might be abused is such a stupid, knee-jerk reaction. And a sign of little minds.
What does that say for the APA.
(I'm sure we can find you something better than S&W. )
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For the last ten or so years I have had to use the Blue Book for legal writing. I'm afraid I dont remember anything else. What is wrong with Strunk & White, and what would you suggest?SandChigger wrote:(I'm sure we can find you something better than S&W. )
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Re: Great article on editing
Let me get back to you on that.
(Mainly, they're OLD. )
(Mainly, they're OLD. )
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I always got pissed when MS Word always highlighted passive sentences as if they were a grammatical error. STFU microsoft! if i wanna use passive voice I'm going to. Then i realized I could disable that rule... and he did.
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Re: Great article on editing
What else did he do?
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"The books of Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert lie in a realm of uncertainty between self-conscious absurdity and genuine failure"
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We are not alone?
Or, at least, B.B. isn't. Inside his head.
Freaky weird. Canadian.
Or, at least, B.B. isn't. Inside his head.
Freaky weird. Canadian.
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Re: Great article on editing
"Chancho...sometimes when you are a man...you wear stretchy pants...in your room...alone."
"Politics is never simple, like the sand chigger of Arrakis, one is rarely truly free of its bite."
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"Politics is never simple, like the sand chigger of Arrakis, one is rarely truly free of its bite."
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Re: Great article on editing
What the hell are you doing up at this hour young man? Get to bed!Baraka Bryan wrote: i hate you both
"What are we to call him, this Player of Games?"
"The books of Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert lie in a realm of uncertainty between self-conscious absurdity and genuine failure"
"The books of Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert lie in a realm of uncertainty between self-conscious absurdity and genuine failure"
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Re: Great article on editing
GamePlayer wrote:What the hell are you doing up at this hour young man? Get to bed!Baraka Bryan wrote: i hate you both
wow the new board times are screwed up... my clock currently says 11:32pm.. which makes it 3h46m off...
so that means i typed that at 8:15ish this morning...
makes sense. that seems more typical of one of my morning posts... i'm always more hateful when i've just gotten up
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Re: Great article on editing
So, what are you doing up at near midnight on a weekday?
"What are we to call him, this Player of Games?"
"The books of Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert lie in a realm of uncertainty between self-conscious absurdity and genuine failure"
"The books of Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert lie in a realm of uncertainty between self-conscious absurdity and genuine failure"
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Re: Great article on editing
too pissed off to go to bed yet...GamePlayer wrote:So, what are you doing up at near midnight on a weekday?
(i'm hateful at night too )
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Re: Great article on editing
Timestamp test!
(Poo poo, poody-tat, poo!)
Board says 7:46 PM, but my ultra-exacto super watch says 7:33, so it's about 13 mins fast for me.
That's about right, same as it was before the upgrade.
(Poo poo, poody-tat, poo!)
Board says 7:46 PM, but my ultra-exacto super watch says 7:33, so it's about 13 mins fast for me.
That's about right, same as it was before the upgrade.
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"Politics is never simple, like the sand chigger of Arrakis, one is rarely truly free of its bite."
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"Politics is never simple, like the sand chigger of Arrakis, one is rarely truly free of its bite."
Arrakeen is an unawakened ghola.
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why the time difference in mins?
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local machines are just set differently. People forget to set the time, or the machine loses or gains time and becomes inaccurate.Eyes High wrote:why the time difference in mins?
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Re: Great article on editing
I recently discovered that time goes slower in my Caddy. I left my watch:
Timex Expedition E-Compass™
http://www.timex.com/gp/product/B000CD2 ... Brand=core
...in it for a couple of weeks, since I've been driving my Ford Minivan. I got my watch out and it was a few days and several minutes slow.
I've had it for years and never had to reset it but for daylight savings time and changing the battery.
Timex Expedition E-Compass™
http://www.timex.com/gp/product/B000CD2 ... Brand=core
...in it for a couple of weeks, since I've been driving my Ford Minivan. I got my watch out and it was a few days and several minutes slow.
I've had it for years and never had to reset it but for daylight savings time and changing the battery.
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Driving FTL again, eh?
(Maybe it's time to change the battery again. Or get a new watch? )
(Maybe it's time to change the battery again. Or get a new watch? )
"Chancho...sometimes when you are a man...you wear stretchy pants...in your room...alone."
"Politics is never simple, like the sand chigger of Arrakis, one is rarely truly free of its bite."
Arrakeen is an unawakened ghola.
"Politics is never simple, like the sand chigger of Arrakis, one is rarely truly free of its bite."
Arrakeen is an unawakened ghola.
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Or he just parked next to a gravity well.SandChigger wrote:Driving FTL again, eh?
(Maybe it's time to change the battery again. Or get a new watch? )
I deleted some of your posts because they were derailing the topic and not focusing on the issues asked, and instead going after the authors or their material. That's why. ~ BM
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That's ... deep.
"Chancho...sometimes when you are a man...you wear stretchy pants...in your room...alone."
"Politics is never simple, like the sand chigger of Arrakis, one is rarely truly free of its bite."
Arrakeen is an unawakened ghola.
"Politics is never simple, like the sand chigger of Arrakis, one is rarely truly free of its bite."
Arrakeen is an unawakened ghola.