On 2011, May 02, , at 08:53, Dr. Richard Tarara wrote:
You can test units,
calculations, sig-figs
I thought sig-figs were verboten?
No one mentioned keeping a journal.
In the advanced lab at UCSC, we demand (ed) keeping a journal. As a freshman at UCSB I assisted a prof's research and he had a big blank book on a lectern and had me write what I did.
Strunk and white: Elementary rules: #14 Use the active voice.
Word complains when It detects passive voice.
bc thinks the passive voice is used to hide information.