| They Say… |
They Mean… |
| It has long been known that… |
I haven’t bothered to look up the original reference |
| …of great theoretical and practical importance |
…interesting to me
|
While it has not been possible to provide definite answers
to these questions. |
The experiments didn’t work out, but I figured I could at
least get a publication out of it. |
The W-Pb system was chosen as especially suitable to show
the predicted behavior… |
The fellow in the next lab had some already made up |
High purity…
Very high purity…
Extremely high purity…
Super-purity…
Spectroscopically pure… |
Composition unknown except for the exaggerated claims of the
supplier |
| A fiducial reference line… |
A scratch |
| Three of the samples were chosen for detailed study… |
The results of the others didn’t make sense and were ignored.. |
| …handled with extreme care during the experiments |
…not dropped on the floor |
Typical results are shown…
|
The best results are shown… |
Although some detail has been lost in reproduction, it is
clear from the original micrograph that… |
It is impossible to tell from the micrograph |
| Presumably at longer times… |
I didn’t take the time to find
out |
The agreement with the predicted
curve is excellent |
fair |
| good |
poor |
| satisfactory |
doubtful |
| fair |
imaginary |
| …as good as could be expected |
non-existent |
| These results will be reported at a later date |
I might get around to this sometime |
| The most reliable values are those of Jones |
He was a student of mine |
It is suggested that…
It is believed that…
It may be that… |
I think… |
It is generally believed that….
|
I have such a good objection to this answer that I shall now
raise it. |
It is clear that much additional work will be required before
a complete understanding… |
I don’t understand it |
Unfortunately, a quantitative theory to account for these
effects has not been formulated |
Neither does anybody else |
| Correct within an order of magnitude |
Wrong |
It is to be hoped that this work will stimulate further work
in the field on this miserable subject |
This paper isn’t very good but neither are any of the others |
Thanks are due to Joe Glotz for assistance with the experiments
and to John Doe for valuable discussions.
|
Glotz did the work and Doe explained what it meant. |
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