[Originally posted 1/15/2009 in the previous version of my blog–sfj] Every editor and style guide I’ve ever worked with has warned me to avoid using Latinates (such as “e.g.”) in technical writing. Several reasons are given, including that today’s readers may well not know what they mean. Better is plain-spoken English, in which an equivalentContinue reading “Plain (English) Language”
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Some poor readers just can’t help themselves
[Originally posted 1/2/2009 in the previous version of my blog–sfj] A study by the University of Oxford has identified a genetic link to poor reading skills: A common genetic variant may be partly to blame for poor reading ability, research suggests. The variant, carried by more than one in seven people, has already been associatedContinue reading “Some poor readers just can’t help themselves”
Happy New Year!
A lot of people have high expectations that 2009 will be much better than 2008. I know I do! I’ve had to restart my blog. I don’t think people will miss the previous incarnation much. (There wasn’t much to miss.) I plan on being a little more active in this edition.
Steven Jong 