Hi Steven- One that really irks me is the pluralization of "regard" as in: "with regards to the experiment..." instead of "with regard to the experiment..."
Also, I've noticed that the current cohort of students often cannot differentiate "than" and "then". -Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Specht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 12:30 PM Subject: Re: Writing Pet Peeves > I agree with inappropriate use of "affect" and "effect" being high on the list. > Also misuse of "its" and it's". I also try to get my students NOT to say "the > results found..." or "the study concluded that..." > > Also see attached list of awkward phrases (I provide this as one page in a > technical writing guide for my students. Of course providing it and having them > use it are two different "animals") > > Wallace Dixon wrote: > > > Dear Colleague, > > I am teaching my research methods course about what not to do when > > writing manuscripts. If you would care to share, could you give me your top > > 5 or 10 pet peeves about student writing? I would like to share these lists > > with my students. I think it would also be interesting to see how much > > overlap there among/between us. > > > > My top 6 > > > > 1) misuse of affect / effect > > 2) use of male-female when men and women should be used > > 3) the phrase "Smith and Jones did a study and found" > > 4) a rhetorical style which presents 1 study and its finding per paragraph, > > w. no integration > > 5) colloquialisms & dramatics > > 6) the phrase "there was no significance" > > > > wedj > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > Wallace E. Dixon, Jr. | > > Chair and Associate Professor | Rocket science is child's play > > of Psychology | compared to understanding > > Department of Psychology | child's play > > East Tennessee State University | -unknown > > Johnson City, TN 36714 | > > (423) 439-6656 | > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Psychology > Department of Psychology > Utica College > Utica, NY 13502 > (315) 792-3171 > > "unanswered questions are less dangerous than unquestioned answers" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
