Exist genuses?

[Robin Leech]

Keep in mind that one of the standard ways people write in the
Acknowledgements section of a paper is "I would like to thank so and so
for...".  This is bad.  Either you do want to thank the person, or you do
not.  If you do, then write, "I thank so and so for...".   Be up front when
you say it.  "Would" is a wimpy word that detracts from any nice things you
want to say about someone.
Robin Leech

----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Yanega <dyanega at POP.UCR.EDU>
To: <TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: Exist genuses?


> >Nah!  Species is already plural.  The singular is "specie".  I hear that
all
> >the time (generally by the same people who say "nucular").
>
> Their are to many people who use spellchecker's, to. It's enough to make
> you loose your mind. I also like the way people can't conjugate any more
> (my over-the-top example: "I'd like to thank you for invitating me here,
> and I hope that what I'll presentate today will get you all orientated
> properly").
>
> Argh.
>
>
> Dr. Douglas Yanega     Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research
Museum
> Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
> phone: (909) 787-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
>                 http://insects.ucr.edu/staff/yanega.html
>   "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness
>         is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82
>