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From the link: PRETENTIOUS DICTION. Words like phenomenon, element, individual (as noun), objective, categorical, effective, virtual, basic, primary, promote, c
by dennis_jeeves2 3y ago
From the link:
PRETENTIOUS DICTION. Words like phenomenon, element, individual (as noun), objective, categorical, effective, virtual, basic, primary, promote, constitute, exhibit, exploit, utilize, eliminate, liquidate, are used to dress up a simple statement and give an air of scientific impartiality to biased judgements
Reminds me of 'safe and effective', lol
- somenameforme 3y agoAnother version of this is the ever-present headlines along the lines of, "Scientists urge [x] to [y].' It's written as if scientists are some homogeneous entity, and gives the air of "science", to a view that invariably happens to be whatever the author of the article happens to think. Just check to see if anybody with passable bonafides to be called a scientist has ever advocated for your view, which they have - so long as it's even remotely reasonable, and you're set to write your "Scientists urge..." article.
- miki123211 3y agoin many non-English articles, it's very often "American Scientists" instead of just "scientists", for the same reasons you stated. At this point, "American scientists discovered that ..." is a meme in some countries.