The author writes: | It has long been known. |
REALLY means: | I haven't bothered to look it up. |
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The author writes: | It is believed. |
REALLY means: | I think. |
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The author writes: | It is generally believed. |
REALLY means: | A couple of other guys think so too. |
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The author writes: | It is not unreasonable to assume. |
REALLY means: | If you believe this, you'll believe anything. |
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The author writes: | Of great theoretical importance. |
REALLY means: | I find it kind of interesting. |
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The author writes: | Of great practical importance. |
REALLY means: | I can get some mileage out of it. |
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The author writes: | Typical results are shown. |
REALLY means: | The best results are shown. |
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The author writes: | Three samples were chosen for further study. |
REALLY means: | The others didn't make sense, so we ignored them. |
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The author writes: | The 4 hour sample was not studied. |
REALLY means: | I dropped it on the floor. |
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The author writes: | The 4 hour determination may not be significant. |
REALLY means: | I dropped it on the floor, but scooped most of it up. |
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The author writes: | The significance of these results is unclear. |
REALLY means: | Look at the pretty artifact. |
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The author writes: | It has not been possible to provide definitive answers. |
REALLY means: | The experiment was negative, but at least I can publish the data somewhere. |
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The author writes: | Correct within an order of magnitude. |
REALLY means: | Wrong. |
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The author writes: | It might be argued that. |
REALLY means: | I have such a good answer for that objection that I shall now raise it. |
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The author writes: | Much additional work will be required. |
REALLY means: | This paper is not very good, but neither are all the others in this miserable field. |
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The author writes: | These investigations proved highly rewarding. |
REALLY means: | My grant is going to be renewed. |
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The author writes: | I thank Smith for assistance with the experiments and Jones for useful discussions on the interpretation of the data. |
REALLY means: | Smith did the experiment and Jones explained it to me. |
