From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/60433 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Rogers Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Grammar Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:33:34 -0700 Message-ID: <20100727163334.GA21134@linux> References: <20100727084715.GD26009@atos.labs.wmid.amu.edu.pl> <20100727141003.GA8370@linux> <4C4EE9E9.4060603@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1280248434 20846 80.91.229.12 (27 Jul 2010 16:33:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:33:54 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Jul 27 18:33:52 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Odn6E-0005XF-KP for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:33:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E168DC9D14; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:33:49 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id W03NE+cbQ6mU; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:33:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40189C9D08; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:33:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99E25C9D08 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:33:44 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id OMyBtwPGtjiS for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:33:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com (mail-bw0-f41.google.com [209.85.214.41]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22B8BC9CFC for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:33:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so4176802bwz.14 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:33:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=7X+pnWiaMtq1gRd4tttJYxWbeCgdPuONbM83xHM19u4=; b=g9gNT9u8hdr8JNeDs+Lk5850NiND/zPcJq5eUKUSnYi1kCwog0efylilY4FIz8PySx nA1h9JevwaiQ6PVTs34CUToMSoixi2C4VQxO8kTtffkBNFmRFhfvQWHeD7p5zvkqEmfi rIIheEHVSqzJzpSoXOwLEXy05fdfsAHgJji7w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=l89xpaBzipHQ9f1zTJ31r/EHXXJgRIGB8FMyo1zdEMfODDNqwQ2T2YB2L6yYxo4AFj Mn6NUiZIHbzoaVSuSlBbalYsiVRLo3y104AitVFEpoay/QnT2hApesKSMZv/VIGqy4xm +0/DUahdCqtMS5hU4TsTyI/qquWbaud0lV6hg= Original-Received: by 10.204.140.219 with SMTP id j27mr6892270bku.153.1280248421740; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:33:41 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from linux (d207-6-171-178.bchsia.telus.net [207.6.171.178]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s34sm3969077bkk.1.2010.07.27.09.33.38 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:33:40 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C4EE9E9.4060603@wxs.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2010-04-22) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:60433 Archived-At: * Hans Hagen [2010-07-27 16:15]: >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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________