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A common mistake for us Germans. Especially if one hasn't worked in an English-"speaking" environment (US/UK/..., international company or publishing in English
by kagebe 9y ago
A common mistake for us Germans. Especially if one hasn't worked in an English-"speaking" environment (US/UK/..., international company or publishing in English academic proceedings/journals) and/or learned how to write idiomatic English.
Abusing and over-using relative clauses is a favorite speaking and writing technique in these parts. ;)
- rogual 9y agoIt's common among native speakers too. You might even say it's stopped being 'wrong' and started to become just 'informal'. I just find it really jarring, unless the clauses are really short. I hope my comment didn't come across as anything other than the constructive criticism it was intended as.
- flohofwoe 9y agoNo worries! The blog post came out much longer than I intended. I was writing it in one sitting and when I was finally done I didn't feel like going over and editing it. If I had more time, I would have written a shorter blog post (and sentences) ;)