tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401398614291278602.post2859036475948241481..comments2023-07-16T00:51:07.101-07:00Comments on Alien Nation: As God is My Witness, I'll Never Do Linear Equations Again!Barbara Clementshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14464706793258510546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401398614291278602.post-5863641858720159442008-01-12T14:35:00.000-08:002008-01-12T14:35:00.000-08:00(:She handed it in on Friday, and it was one of th...(:<BR/>She handed it in on Friday, and it was one of the longest in the class. Will let you know how she does.<BR/><BR/>BCBarbara Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14464706793258510546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401398614291278602.post-75276871877668456402008-01-12T12:28:00.000-08:002008-01-12T12:28:00.000-08:00I had a prof who helped me excise such qualifiers....I had a prof who helped me excise such qualifiers. He said "I think" or "in my opinion" were meaningless unless everything else in the essay represented things you didn't think. "If you didn't think it, you wouldn't write it," he told me when I asked him. (I believe he circled the phrases and wrote "duh!" in the margins.) In fact, the phrase "I think" could be eliminated in 99.99999 percent of all cases, written or verbal. But I think people who use it are unneccessarily trying not to seem arrogant. ;-) And I think women are far more likely than men to use such qualifiers. In my opinion.MommyCherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558174520863388944noreply@blogger.com