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I find it interesting that the phrase was 'a gap was discovered', rather than 'we discovered a gap' or 'Prof. X discovered a gap.' Assuming they are able to pr
by JackFr 14y ago
I find it interesting that the phrase was 'a gap was discovered', rather than 'we discovered a gap' or 'Prof. X discovered a gap.'
Assuming they are able to prove it, would that rate a footnote 'We are indebted to Prof. X for pointing out ....'?
And also is there a protocol or custom about how long other guys will give them to try to fix it before they try themselves?
- user24 14y agoThat's likely just the academic register. I wrote my dissertation saying "we found that..." when really it should have been "I found that...". Getting the academic tone right in essays/thesis/papers is important and indeed becomes second nature after a while.