Tuesday, August 21, 2012

manuscript meeting II

Bossman: "Therefore? You can't use that. You don't say therefore in speaking language. Don't put in in your paper. Take out all of the 'therefores' and 'forthwiths'"

Forthwith? What the fuck is this, a Sherlock Holmes novel? There is no "forthwith" in this paper. Or ever.

Also, I say "therefore" ALL OF THE TIME. I do not, however, say things like "attenuating efficacy," "immunologically distinct populations," or "ensuring individual component additivity," even though those phrases are peppered through this manuscript like red pepper flakes on my motherfucking pizza.


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