: Re: academic writing: direct quote I have a simple question regarding scientific quotes. Which of the following alternatives is correct? Alt. 1: The literature has made substantial strides towards

Doreen, in response to your comment that you simply want to emphasize the year in your prose because it's important to whatever point you're making, then this is a matter of style.

Using your example sentence, you can strengthen the saliency of the year the conclusion was made by giving it it's own sentence if you're going to follow with other years in which strides were made (2011, 2012, etc)

The literature has made substantial strides towards identifying causal effects of X on Y. In 2010, J. Miller concluded...

Or if not you can replace the 'and' with a semicolon, making the year/quote less of an afterthought:

The literature has made substantial strides towards identifying causal effects of X on Y; in 2010, J. Miller concluded...

You can make the date 'more salient (to what I do not know as we have only this sentence to work with) with

As early as 2010 | Most notably in 2010 | etc

If that helps achieve your goals.

I'm not sure what's gained by putting the year in parenthesis when it's not parenthetical and not a citation.

Load Full (0)

: How to write a book in 2 weeks? I got challenged to write a book of 100 pages in two weeks. I see this challenge as a game that can be played in many different ways. What are the most

@Berryessa137

Load Full 4 Comments

: Is scripting a cartoon tv show the same as scripting a movie? I don't know if this is the correct place to put this but here goes. I'm just curious if scripting a cartoon is like scripting

@Berryessa137

Load Full 1 Comments

: How important is education for an author? By education I do not mean to ask how important a degree in English is for an author. A literate person, without any formal education, could pen an

@Berryessa137

Load Full 2 Comments

: How do I get rid of the tic of paired adjectives, predicates, etc.? In technical writing, I have a tic of writing in pairs. Some examples from a recent piece: "When you speak, be sure to

: Re: academic writing: direct quote I have a simple question regarding scientific quotes. Which of the following alternatives is correct? Alt. 1: The literature has made substantial strides towards

More posts by @Berryessa137

: How to write a book in 2 weeks? I got challenged to write a book of 100 pages in two weeks. I see this challenge as a game that can be played in many different ways. What are the most

: Is scripting a cartoon tv show the same as scripting a movie? I don't know if this is the correct place to put this but here goes. I'm just curious if scripting a cartoon is like scripting

: How important is education for an author? By education I do not mean to ask how important a degree in English is for an author. A literate person, without any formal education, could pen an

: How do I get rid of the tic of paired adjectives, predicates, etc.? In technical writing, I have a tic of writing in pairs. Some examples from a recent piece: "When you speak, be sure to

Login to post a comment!

0 Comments

Back to top