I was referring to how unnecessarily prolix academic journals are, but yes, I too have been guilty of excessive verbosity. And I hate writers like Faulkner!
I do this ALL the time in English! But only because the teacher whines about how the students don’t ‘take in advice’ and ‘listen to them’. Pssht. We listen.
With our MINDS
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This takes me back to my term paper-writing days. Uugh!
Good lord…(gulp!) I used to love bullshitting my way through papers…Good days. Goooood days…
It’s not what you know, it’s what you can fool people into believing you know 🙂
Can’t relate. I was always OVER the word limit (including the 10% leeway we got) and had to shorten. Guess I am a somewhat prolixic writer 😉
I was referring to how unnecessarily prolix academic journals are, but yes, I too have been guilty of excessive verbosity. And I hate writers like Faulkner!
I do this ALL the time in English! But only because the teacher whines about how the students don’t ‘take in advice’ and ‘listen to them’. Pssht. We listen.
With our MINDS