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>         A Guide to Effective Scientific Communication
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>  Phrase                         Translation
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>  It has long been known         I haven't bothered to look up the
>                                 reference
>
>  It is believed                 I think
>
>  It is generally believed       A couple of other gals think so too
>
>  It is not unreasonable to      If you believe this, you'll believe
>  assume                         anything
>
>  Of great theoretical           I find it kind of interesting
>  importance
>
>  Of great practical importance  I can get some mileage out of it
>
>  Typical results are shown      The best results are shown
>
>  3 samples were chosen for      The others didn't make sense, so
>  further study                  we ignored them
>
>  The 4 hour sample was not      I dropped it on the floor
>  studied
>
>  The 4 hour determination may   I dropped it on the floor, but
>  not be significant             scooped most of it up
>
>  The significance of these      Look at the pretty artifact
>  results is unclear
>
>  It has not been possible to    The experiment was negative, but
>  provide definitive answers     at least I can publish the data
>                                 somewhere
>
>  Correct within an order of     Wrong
>  magnitude
>
>  It might be argued that        I have such a good answer for this
>                                 objection that I shall now raise it
>
>  Much additional work will be   This paper is not very good, but
>  required                       neither are all the others in this
>                                 miserable field
>
>  These investigations proved    My grant is going to be renewed
>  highly rewarding
>
>  I thank X for assistance       X did the experiment and Y explained
>  with the experiments and       it to me
>  Y for useful discussions
>  on the interperetation of
>  the data
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