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

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.