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For a moment I didn't parse that as the name of a journal, but as a statement about the natural world, and it sounded wise but I couldn't figure out what it mea
by JadeNB 3y ago
For a moment I didn't parse that as the name of a journal, but as a statement about the natural world, and it sounded wise but I couldn't figure out what it meant.
- xxs 3y agoIt should have an article (the) in such a case.
- JadeNB 3y ago> It should have an article (the) in such a case. I'm not quite sure what you mean. tetris11's meaning is clear, and I was just making a whimsical observation, but I think it is possible (though clearly wrong in context) to parse: > Nature is really good at giving you a spec with examples and guidelines you need to adhere to as telling you something about the behavior of nature, analogous to "nature does nothing in vain" (Google's first auto-complete suggestion when I asked it for a sample sentence).
- TRiG_Ireland 3y agoNature is really good at giving you a spec with examples and guidelines you need to adhere to. The italics matter. But neither case, the magazine or actual nature, should have the definite article.