usage note
Someone this year, a GOOD editor, someone I respect!, was puzzled by a usage like the following:
In her 1955 novel, The Long Tomorrow, Brackett writes...
To be able to refer to a novel published in 1955 as a 1955 novel has always struck me as simple, elegant, useful. I do it a lot! Is it not okay? I thought it was common!
It did occur to me that it ( Read more... )
In her 1955 novel, The Long Tomorrow, Brackett writes...
To be able to refer to a novel published in 1955 as a 1955 novel has always struck me as simple, elegant, useful. I do it a lot! Is it not okay? I thought it was common!
It did occur to me that it ( Read more... )
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Does it come to us via science, then? Because, you're right, "A 2002 paper" is also totally common and normal!
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