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I really used to like that phrase; it makes real life into more of a narrative. Now it's becoming overused (that's not pg's fault). I'm avoiding it. Quel dommag

• _delirium 16y ago
  In academic writing it's been overused for at least 10 years now, to the point where some reviewers will complain if you use it in a paper. Apart from being overused, in a lot of contexts it's something of an abdication of responsibility: you really did something, or are arguing something, but are trying to do a coy "well lookee, what did we find here" routine.