Sentences with phrase «nit picking details»

Wouldn't a proper scientific observation start from that point, as a matter to criticize Mike's work, rather than nit picking details which seem at first glance totally irrelevant to the main issue, the recent warming curve with reconstructions corresponds exactly to what is happening.

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In the middle decades of the twentieth century, New Critical pedagogy dominated high - school and college English classrooms, prescribing close attention to individual words, images, and other nit - picking details of the literary text.

Her constant analysis of the date leads to an evening of nit - picking details, until Grant sheds light on a more realistic viewpoint.

And while it's important and it needs to be done, you can do it quickly and without nit - picking or becoming mired in the inessential details.

I agree that the review seemed to read more like a high school book report (focusing mainly on the plot, and nit - picking about the details of foreign cities, etc., which by the way I had visited).

Both jobs are time - consuming perfectionistic, exacting, detailed, nit - picking perfectionistic work.

They're nit - picking, obsessing over every tiny detail.

Since Mr Gore has not given any specific details about how exactly this energy revolution is to take place, there really isn't anything to nit pick.

Nit - picking at the detail is pointless — the weight of evidence is now overwhelming.

Nit picking over small details can, in the end, raise your stress levels, draw out your divorce, and take time away that you could be spending with your child.