27 Jul
2010
27 Jul
'10
6:33 p.m.
* Hans Hagen
On 27-7-2010 4:10, David Rogers wrote:
In academic writing especially, it's necessary to weigh the effect of this distraction before using anything other than standard constructions. Sometimes this kind of focus on the writer's personality and politics may be welcome, or even necessary; but in some situations it is not.
so what do copy editors of scientific publications do when they see mixed (or inconsistent) usage of he/she/etc?
I'm not a regular reader of any scientific publications. I suspect there are different de facto standards in different fields. -- David