Re:Shell scripts to improve your writing
by Fnoord on Monday January 02, 2017 @10:10AM
(#13301517)
> He doesn't even correctly identify what weasel words are. ("Some people say", "It is believed", etc).
Agreed, the scripts can use improvements like these. Its a start.
I'd also add 'but' if its not there yet. Its function is to negate everything written before it which easily leads to fallacies.
> I'm not sure why 'very close match' is any more opinionated than 'close match' is.
Because 'close' in 'close match' is informative. Without 'close' you get 'match'. So close tells us about the state of the match.
Very is redundant at best. Very is also emotional, its function is to (consciously or not) attempt to induce an emotional response in the reader; ie. to manipulate the reader. You want to avoid all of the above in a scientific paper.
Its important to note that we can reach for perfection whilst writing. Because such a goal is far fetched it makes more sense to improve ourselves via iterations. (Same with these scripts, or software development in general.)
Agreed, the scripts can use improvements like these. Its a start.
I'd also add 'but' if its not there yet. Its function is to negate everything written before it which easily leads to fallacies.
> I'm not sure why 'very close match' is any more opinionated than 'close match' is.
Because 'close' in 'close match' is informative. Without 'close' you get 'match'. So close tells us about the state of the match.
Very is redundant at best. Very is also emotional, its function is to (consciously or not) attempt to induce an emotional response in the reader; ie. to manipulate the reader. You want to avoid all of the above in a scientific paper.
Its important to note that we can reach for perfection whilst writing. Because such a goal is far fetched it makes more sense to improve ourselves via iterations. (Same with these scripts, or software development in general.)