Zack
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That seems really low. For reference, the 7-page paper I mentioned earlier was a little under 2500 words.
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Hygro
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MLA uses 1 inch margins, 12pt font TNR, and double spaced. I think APA and Chicago are similar.
Zack
99% hot gas
That's exactly what I used. 7 pages, 2431 words, ~350 words/page.
Zack
99% hot gas
More words/page would actually indicate that I use shorter words.
cybrxkhan
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It's also possible that there's more white space.
Finding ways to increase (or, in some cases, decrease) white space in order to fulfill page requirements is an art in and of itself.
Finding ways to increase (or, in some cases, decrease) white space in order to fulfill page requirements is an art in and of itself.
The APA format I had to use for the nursing students specified 1.5-inch margins. There was one instructor who'd take out a ruler and measure the damn papers, and if they were out by even 1/8th, she'd make her displeasure known to the student, who would in turn make it known to me, and I'd point out that unlike on a typewriter, I couldn't physically take a ruler to whatever was on the computer screen.
Yep. It's amazing how something as small as an extra hyphen or comma can bump a word or line onto the next page. It's something I did either when asked to make the paper as long as I could or if the client had annoyed me for some reason. As long as it was technically correct, I had no qualms about stretching papers by a page or two on occasion.
But there was one client who kept insisting the paper couldn't be more than 6 pages. So I found ways to economize on words by using semicolons, and she gave me hell for changing her words (using a semicolon so a couple of spaces would be saved by not using the word "and"). I pointed out that the meaning of the sentence hadn't changed one iota, but the result had been shortening the paper. She told me to change it back, then later complained that the paper had turned out too long.
*shrug* Her problem. I did the best I could, and it's not my fault if she insisted on being a motormouth.
Kennigit
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The issue comes across in papers with tables and figures (I also have not seen anything double spaced in a long time), and IMO people will describe things pretty poorly. Page count is highly variable.
It's also a relatively recent-ish pet peeve of mine. Especially just looking at books on wikipedia. A lot of entries say "XXX pages"
Everyone that owns a book knows that any popular books get printed in very different sizes. Large differences. E.g. off my bookshelf: Ender's Game. I have a paperback copy that is 324 pages. I used to have the one with the same cover shown on the wiki page, it's 384 pages, assuming the picture corresponds to the one that is listed for the wiki article. That's 15% different. That's highly misleading.
I also have not been in an environment that has cared about format for a long time, but that is luck of my draw and me not being in academic publications.
Actually, I guess I ran across some stuff about two-column formatting.
Hygro
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Hey man I said I had a lizard brained not bird brained
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Hey now, if you had to choose between the two, you might just want to consider the bird one...
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This is THE T-Rex:
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"Wot?" we said in 1970.
And then "WOT?" in 1972.
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Bolan was clearly saying something, but no-one had a clue what it was.
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"Wot?" we said in 1970.
And then "WOT?" in 1972.
Link to video.
Bolan was clearly saying something, but no-one had a clue what it was.
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Zack
99% hot gas
And Hygro is?
Do you have a degree that can prove you're an engineer?
Zack
99% hot gas
What a lame retcon. If you weren't referring to me or Hygro when you said:
Then your comment comes out of nowhere and doesn't make any sense to say in the context of the discussion. Not to mention that I seriously doubt engineers use longer words than liberal arts majors when writing philosophy papers.
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