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Yes. A recent paper I submitted (carefully typeset in LaTeX) got subjected to all kinds of ludicrous mangling in the name of 'house style' by someone with no ap
by gmac 12y ago
Yes. A recent paper I submitted (carefully typeset in LaTeX) got subjected to all kinds of ludicrous mangling in the name of 'house style' by someone with no apparent knowledge of English.
Things like 'for example' being replaced with 'e.g.' even at the end of a sentence. Or citations beginning a sentence getting parenthesised — giving "(Smith 2003) states that ...".
I re-corrected it all through gritted teeth, but I still haven't brought myself to read what they finally published.
- new299 12y agoOuch, I've never heard to that happening that's insane. Care to name and shame the journal?
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoCan e.g. not be used at the end of a sentence? It's been bugging me recently that I have to use "for example"/f.e. yet I can use e.g. in other places, and it's Latin so word order ought not to matter.