In 2017 Christmas, I was very sad because Mama died this year and first time in my life I have to pass this day without her. I had this PUZZLE to bring to you, but I didn't publish it. This is what I am doing now.
Everybody say that Engineers like numbers, so their language usage is not so good. And I guess this comment is annoying but sometimes it is true. I include myself humbly.
Most of all, for the overseas writers, who are guided by universal English, they suffer enought because if you confuse one single word like "manual" in a British English text, or the "handbook" in an American English text, you will reach the prize of "poor English". This is the reason to not publish your text, maybe. Change these two words, each other, and everything is OK!
But for sake of "scientific clear text", you can find sometimes strange things that are never commented, but... are that examples of the good English? Or if you do the same, will you meet the "poor English" prize too? Or best, did the "poor English" comes from the words/phrases or from the one who is the undesirable writer to publish? (lgs)
So I challenge you with the following sentences, which I would like to know if would you use it in your next text and becomes worried to be honored with the "poor English" prize too.
The phrases are:
1- "This chapter focuses predominantly on the LTB resistance...".
2- "Section 5.4 adresses the calculation of the LTB resistance... Section 5.5 discusses the corrent state of art.."
3-"Figure 5.8 summarizes a number of approximate equations for Cb recommended..."
As before, I will say my comment in the next month. Good luck!
I was not so luck this time, with the question. I guess that the majority didn't see any errors on the above phrases. But lets think together and imagine how the things are...
"The chapter focuses..." I guess that I chapter is not a light.
"Section 5.4 adresses the calculation ..." I guess that section is not a postman
"Figure 5.8 summarizes a number ..." I guess that a figure doesn't write...
These phrases were collected by me as existing examples of today publications. Everybody put verbal actions on objects, which are something sureal. The chapter is not a light to focus. The author is the one who focuses on something in this chapter. The section didn't adress anything. The Author adressed something in this section. And, finally, the figure doens't show, doesn't summarizes, don't speaks... The author does show, summarize, speak something with some figure.
It is the case of computer makes eletronic calculations using programs, thus, we begin to change the natural meaning of the subject and the actions, like the local (figure, chapter, section) where the author did something (showed, adressed, summarized, etc.), get life and already do that actions. This is umpossible. That was my goal with this question.
But nobody did want to get trapped in a uncommon kind of English language puzzle. Actually, this is not a question of English, as far as, here in Brazil, with the Portuguese, and, maybe, in others languages as well, this kind of writting became common everywhere.
Therefore, nobody asks himself if it is possible to a figure, a page, a section, a chapter, etc to show or do some action. "The figure shows" becomes reality in several magazines and journals everyday, then I asked myself -using the question above- there is anybody feel that is absurd to write such a thing (this construction)?
Now, I feel that nobody even think about it. Maybe, it is absurd that someone come here and say this, as nobody ia actually interested about what figure does or not.Therefore, nobody asks himself if it is possible to a figure, a page, a section, a chapter, etc to show or do some action. "The figure shows" becomes reality in several magazines and journals everyday, then I asked myself -using the question above- does anybody feel that is absurd to write such a thing (this construction)?
Now, I see that nobody even think about it. Maybe, it is absurd that someone come here and say this, as nobody ia actually interested about what figure does or let of don't. Hope that my English is understandable. Bye.
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