I’m writing the “Acknowledgments” page of my book. It took me quite a while to realize that in describing the input of the scholar who directed my doctoral dissertation I said that “she worked tiresomely to help me improve my writing.”
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There is a legendary review of a mathematics paper from the 1950’s which concluded “This paper fills a much-needed gap in the literature.”
The review journal, Mathematical Reviews, changed their policy not to allow such things not too long thereafter.
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This is very funny. 🙂
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The question is… do you really want to thank that person?
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Well, after surviving her, everything else seems doable. 🙂
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