"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message ...


Yeah. And then people like me get stuck with editing their stuff into
something that actually can be read. d8-)
I'd much rather write, but in the medical field, I mostly edit.
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As for editing the professional writing of Ph.Ds, I demand combat pay for
that, especially when I have to argue with them.
Ed Huntress

As an educated insider I quickly acclimated to the seemingly stilted and
formulaic writing style of chemistry and electronics. The canned phrases
have specific, well-defined meanings just like legal jargon and variations
on them can become misleading. For me they make speed-reading through the
material easier.

jsw