Re: Cornish Sardines

Paul Wolff wrote:

In an abstract, every word should count. Who will join me in wringing
the neck of every author who says his paper "seeks to" do something,
instead of saying that it just plain does it? Such diffidence is out of
place.

Some of us are more tentative. I often feel the need to water down my erudite and charming co-author's assertions about our papers, especially when the abstract is constructed before the paper is written and I am less confident that we can live up to its lofty aspirations.

--
Laura
(emulate St. George for email)



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