> Thus, in this study, samples of native and deglycosylated protein were reduced, alkylated, and hydrolyzed simultaneously.
Will the reader understand me correctly, i.e. that the three steps were not carried out at the same time, but sequentially, and that "simultaneously" refers merely to the fact that the native and the deglycosylated samples underwent these procedures in parallel to each other?
@CowperKettle That sentence itself is ambiguous. I suggest you rewrite it.
@CowperKettle Without checking anything, I would go for 'for'.
@CowperKettle You can write: Thus, in this study, native protein samples were reduced, alkylated, and hydrolyzed, and this was done for deglycosylated protein samples simultaneously.
ell.stackexchange.com/a/141314/3395 "If the sentence reads 'A committee comprising eminent members...,' then that means the committee makes up the members." Given the usual meaning of comprise, which is "consist of", why does it switch its meaning in comprising?
Yeah, the academic year will begin again. I'll still come but I'll be less active.
Hopefully originally meant full of hope, not hoping that something would happen.
But today, the disparaged meaning is the one in common use.
Language changes as people using it change.
So stick to the rules 90 per cent of the time, and break them the other 10 per cent, LOL.
That's why I say again that the more questions I see on English, the more I think I don't know English anymore, LOL. Maybe I need to go back to grade 1, LOL.
I don't think people change, people just don't care or don't know.
It's always been like that. But thankfully there's always been this natural balance which evens things out.
I think snailplane talked about that when CowperKettle asked about hypothetical languages which become more and more complex.
The same is true of languages which're becoming simpler: there's just no such thing, and no matter how much people misuse words or deviate from the rules, (the people speaking their) language will find a way to express the same meaning as before.
@userr2684291 Wait, isn't it Thursday and not Tuesday? LOL.
@userr2684291 I keep my location in SE chat a secret, for secret reasons, LOL. But if you want you can email me and I will disclose more things. Email in my profile. =D
I've encountered an article from The Independent:
12-year-old boy who transitioned to female changes his mind just two years later
Isn't it ambiguous, how old was he at that moment? Was he 12 when he transitioned to female or when he changed his mind?
The article itself clarifies this, but...
The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary contains the following definition of integrity: 1 firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values. What would be an example of an artistic value the definition mentions?
The word integrity meaning wholeness seems to come from the word integer which, roughly speaking, refers to whole numbers. Why does integrity also mean honesty?
I have a couple of exceptions, though; namely, :> and :<. But if I notice they render into something I'll delete it and not express that emotion, haha.
I don't like the white background on Google Hangouts, and I can't be bothered to fiddle with the settings (which there didn't appear to be many of, IIRC).
I haven't used it recently. I only used it once because the person was around my age, and sending short emails back and forth was getting old.
Also, I think the received or seen or whatever indicator it uses once the recipient has read the message, just like on Facebook, I think, is a major invasion of privacy in some way (I can't pin down in what way it bothers me but it does).
I don't think it is if you use it correctly, which means not posting/sharing any statuses, not liking others (or your own?) pictures, but posting stuff your group of friends (usually classmates) needs in one private group, as some sort of repository, in addition to chatting privately with your friends.
I've encountered an article from The Independent:
12-year-old boy who transitioned to female changes his mind just two years later
Isn't it ambiguous, how old was he at that moment? Was he 12 when he transitioned to female or when he changed his mind?
The article itself clarifies this, but...
The word integrity meaning wholeness seems to come from the word integer which, roughly speaking, refers to whole numbers. Why does integrity also mean honesty?
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