It has long been known that. . . . I haven't bothered to look up the original reference

. . . of great theoretical and practical importance . . . interesting to me

While it has not been possible to provide definite answers to these questions . . . The experiments didn't work out, but I figured I could at least get a publication out of it

The W-Pb system was chosen as especially suitable to show the predicted behaviour. . . . The fellow in the next lab had some already made up

High-purity . . .

Very high purity . . .

Extremely high purity . . .

Super-purity . . .

Spectroscopically pure . . . Composition unknown except for the exaggerated claims of the supplier

A fiducial reference line . . . A scratch

Three of the samples were chosen for detailed study . . . The results on the others didn't make sense and were ignored

. . . accidentally strained during mounting . . . dropped on the floor

. . . handled with extreme care throughout the experiments . . . not dropped on the floor

Typical results are shown . . . The best results are shown

Although some detail has been lost in reproduction, it is clear from the original micrograph that . . . It is impossible to tell from the micrograph

Presumably at longer times . . . I didn't take time to find out

The agreement with the predicted curve is excellent fair

good poor

satisfactory doubtful

fair imaginary

. . as good as could be expected non-existent

These results will be reported at a later date I might possibly get around to this sometime

The most reliable values are those of Jones He was a student of mine

It is suggested that . . .

It is believed that . . .

It may be that . . . I think

It is generally believed that . . . A couple of other guys think so too

It might be argued that . . . I have such a good answer to this objection that I shall now raise it

It is clear that much additional work will be required before a complete understanding . . . I don't understand it

Unfortunately, a quantitative theory to account for these effects has not been formulated Neither does anybody else

Correct within an order of magnitude Wrong

It is to be hoped that this work will stimulate further work in the field This paper isn't very good, but neither are any of the others in this miserable subject