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Fivesideddice

02:44

Haven’t you posted that before?

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CowperKettle

07:43

[4k, 60 fps] A Trip Through New York City in 1911

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AIQ

08:56

Why are most "What are the implications of" followed by nouns/np? I wonder if saying "What are the implications of doing X for Y?" would be wrong ...

CowperKettle

09:22

> In addition, the Finnish researchers also found that low overall quality of life and dissatisfaction with life in patients with schizophrenia is more strongly correlated with low levels of social functioning and poor social adaptation ("unsettled life") than with any other parameters, such as the severity of positive, negative or depressive symptoms [Koivumaa-Honkanen HT et al, 1996].

I think that I should use the term maladjustment in life instead

Word of the day: gravamen

Anonymous

09:40

@AIQ Sounds okay to me.

CowperKettle

09:57

Should one always use the period in et al?

Or is it allowed to avoid the period in mid-sentence?

Q: Is "et al" always accompanied by a period?

In this sentence, is it necessary to include a period with et al? This is an interesting paper, written by G. Andrews et al. Here, et al means Dr. X, Dr. Y, and Dr.Z. Does the second et al need a period? Like et al.?

Found it

M.A.R.

10:09

@CowperKettle think so

Anonymous

That’s a matter of style. Most people agree you should either write the period, or just don’t use Latin abbreviations at all. There is a trend toward less punctuation in abbreviations, though, and some styles leave out the punctuation. I rather like that, myself.

Anonymous

There are a couple spots where it’s common not to use periods, in particular after abbreviations which end with the final letter of a word in British English (as in Mister → Mr), after initials in names in some modern styles, or when every letter would have a period after it (as in R.O.U.S.).

Anonymous

Leaving out the period in et al. is not commonly done but some do choose that style on purpose.

CowperKettle

10:50

My periods are subject to my style!

Jasper

11:13

@CowperKettle Depends on which style guide you follow. It is very common in American English to use periods for abbreviations. It is very common in British English to omit full stops for abbreviations. Note that the punctuation mark is called a period in American English and a full stop in British English, and these are also the terms used to signal finality in what one has just said.

AIQ

11:31

Should I say "Author's calculations" or "Author's calculation"?

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CowperKettle

13:13

@AIQ Both are good, depending on whether there was one or several calculations. For a generic phrase, I personally use calculations, although I'm not a native speaker, so take it with heed

Word of the day degree of kindred

AIQ

@CowperKettle Like what about tables - in the table there may numbers from one or more calculations - but the table itself is one ? what then?

CowperKettle

@AIQ I don't understand

If the author performed several calculations, it must be "calculations" then

AIQ

What I am saying is suppose there are two tables - 1 and 2. In T1 there is a bunch of numbers - but one method of calculation. In T2 bunch of numbers produced from different calculations. In general, can I use the uncountable "calculation" just to be consistent?

or do I need to say "calculation" in T1 and "calculations" in T2

CowperKettle

I think in this case I would use calculations

> Therapeutics company Sorrento has made what it believes could be a breakthrough in potential treatment of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that leads to COVID-19. The company released details of its preclinical research on Friday, announcing that it has found an antibody that provides “100% inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection of healthy cells after four days incubation.”

I cannot say which way is the right one, because my native language is Russian

AIQ

13:42

@CowperKettle Thanks!

M.A.R.

14:30

@AIQ What's your sentence

AIQ

I don't have one. Just at the bottom of the tables, I need to mention "Author's calculation/s"

M.A.R.

Persian and Turkish don't have elaborate systems of articles either, but I managed to get a fairly good grasp on it

@AIQ Plural then

But maybe there's a better phrase than "author's calculations"?

Dunno

Carry on

AIQ

Alright ... thanks, but I see many use "calculation" - I suspect it's the uncountable

M.A.R.

The plural would make sense if you're reporting calculated data obtained differently

But I guess if it's just the one formula or something, "calculation" could make sense

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CowperKettle

16:13

You can guess it.

CowperKettle

17:12

CowperKettle

17:24

Carnian Pluvial Event

The Carnian Pluvial Event (CPE) was a major change in global climate and biotic turnover that occurred during the Carnian, early Late Triassic, ≈230 million years ago. The base of the CPE is marked by a ≈4‰ negative shift in carbon stable isotopes (δ13C) of fossil molecules (n-alkanes) from higher plants and total organic carbon. A ≈1.5‰ negative shift in oxygen stable isotopes (δ18O) of conodont apatite suggests a global warming. Major changes in organisms responsible for calcium carbonate production occurred during the CPE. A halt of carbonate sedimentation is observed in deep water settings...

A rain that lasted 1 000 000 years

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Anonymous

20:05

@CowperKettle That reminds me of my word of the day from a few weeks back:

Anonymous

Apr 22 at 8:06, by snailcar

Word of the day: pluviometry