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Re: Tho (was: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences))

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Monday, April 16, 2001, 17:00
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>> > Well, of course you wouldn't use "I'm"--you're not supposed to use >personal >> > pronouns in formal paper writing. :) >> >> Have you read any academic papers written in the last ten years? That >> prohibition is long dead. > >And as far as I can tell it's been violated for a *long* time in >scientific papers, and maybe math too.
Well, let me just say i try not to use contractions, primarily to extend out the word count in my papers :). If it's something i feel needs to be very formal, i keep it to a minimum.