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Is it common to describe ones own work as seminal?
by phreeza 6y ago
Is it common to describe ones own work as seminal?
- munificent 6y agoIn typical parlance today, "seminal" means "from which a bunch of important things have sprung" but I think there is an older definition which is simply "first".
- eyvindn 6y agoApologies, not my intention. I was also under the impression seminal could be used to mean ”first” in the succession of our works and this is what I had intended to communicate.
- colah3 6y agoI don't think English is the author's first language.
- DemocracyFTW 6y agoIt's their seminal language XD As a non-native but long-term speaker of English, I understand "seminal" as in "their seminal work" as "groundbreaking" (and better to be avoided when referring to one's own work). But slips of the pen are inevitable, so no harm done.