Have you noticed that Steve posts all data and R scripts online and then corrects
them when readers point out mistakes?
Not exact matches
Another
reader points out this should be «
when worse comes to worst,» which indicates something has degraded from one negative plane to the lowest possible.
When I wrote a post earlier this year
pointing to this classic tweet by Randi Zuckerberg laying out «the entrepreneur's dilemma», it was clear from
readers» responses that it struck a nerve.
«I think that every novelist has a single ideal
reader; that at various
points during the composition of a story, the writer is thinking, «I wonder what he / she will think
when he / she reads this part?»
I should probably note at this
point that I have been a staunch (and somewhat lonely) supporter of comments and the value of
reader engagement since the days
when I was the «communities editor,» or social media editor, at a major national daily newspaper in Canada in 2008,
when anti-comment opinions and emotions in the newsroom were just as heated as they are today.
As a
reader trying to be charitable, I face an unattractive choice: accept that His Eminence does hold the mistaken view that mercy is essential to God; or assume that
when he emphatically made the multiple important statements at key
points in his book that mercy is essential to God, he didn't mean them.
Biblicism falls apart, Smith says, because of the «the problem of pervasive interpretive pluralism,» for «even among presumably well - intentioned
readers — including many evangelical biblicists — the Bible, after their very best efforts to understand it, says and teaches very different things about most significant topics... It becomes beside the
point to assert a text to be solely authoritative or inerrant, for instance,
when, lo and behold, it gives rise to a host of many divergent teachings on important matters.»
But perhaps the key reference occurs
when the lawyer reflects that both he and Bartleby are «sons of Adam»» at which
point the
reader is expected to see behind a standard metaphor for shared humanity and recollect that Adam's first son was Cain, the builder of the first city and the slayer of his brother.
So, for instance, if it is not clear to the
readers of my work that my writing is done by an Episcopalian Christian, I will have failed to practice this virtue — which, of course, includes my making clear at which
points the materials I study or engage seem to me false, noxious, or incomplete; just as it includes my making clear
when and in what ways it seems to me that the materials I engage are true, have taught me something I didn't know before, or may be of use to me and my community in its search to apprehend and incarnate the gospel.
At this
point it may be helpful to remember that
when Protestants emphasize the «inner witness of the Holy Spirit,» they refer to the experience in which the
reader affirms that God himself has spoken to him.
For this reason, it will be disturbing to some
readers when I say that in my view, and I think that of all informed persons in the theological world, the basic
point of reference is the tradition itself.
I'll feel like I'm supposed to feel at this
point,
when everything is going my way,
when people are talking about my book,
when readers stand in line to get my name scrawled across a page,
when I am a very.
I first saw them
when Bon Appétit hosted a contest where
readers could vote on their favorite Cookiebar cookie and have the recipe revealed, but the Jammers lost (although, I would like to
point out to my friends at Bon Appétit that this was not a fair contest since the vote was split between the dark and light Jammers.
(FMSC rebates have been discussed several times previously on The Lunch Tray,
when I
pointed readers to good reporting on the issue by school food blogger Ed -LSB-...]
This has been a
point of confusion for a few
readers, mostly because I called it «sugar - free»,
when technically it's got sweetener.
And speaking of that «Rx,» I was mortified this morning
when a TLT
reader pointed out that my graphic misspelled, yes, the word «education.»
A Democratic
reader pointed me to this vintage YouTube clip from last summer's Senate coup, recalling that while Republicans might be slamming Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. now, there was a time
when they counted him as one of their own.
UPDATE1: A
reader points out that the WFP endorsed Quinn
when he ran for re-election in 2008.
He
pointed a finger at Andy Coulson and reminded
readers of the royal phone bugging scandal that the new Tory Communications guru was associated with
when he edited the News of the World.
When composing your cover letter, think about what the
reader is looking for and
point them toward it.
I have stressed this
point only for the sake of my lay
readers, because it is our daily experience that
when patients hear the word hormone they immediately jump to the conclusion that this must have something to do with the sex - sphere.
As you and many
readers have
pointed out in the comments, I think Shana's
point was not that cardigans should never be worn with dresses, but that you shouldn't just throw any old cardigan on for warmth (especially
when you're dressing to impress for your reunion!).
The dictionary defines it as the
point when a child transforms from being a non-
reader to being a
reader.
She also makes a
point of sharing with
readers that, as exciting a moment in history as the flight was, many people felt the United States should not have poured money into the space program at a time
when the country faced many problems.
I agree with Dr. Jim Delisle
when he
points out the incredible challenge of trying to educate a highly diverse groups of students, for instance, some highly gifted students, struggling
readers, English Language Learners, all thrown into one classroom.
The turning
point came
when students began experiencing success on Accelerated
Reader comprehension quizzes.
They took offense
when one of the blog's longest standing, and most respected
readers, realsaramerica
pointed out that Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy and the State Democrats diverted resources away from beating Republicans and, instead, used the money to try to defeat a slate of pro-public education Democrats... Democrats who had the support of the Connecticut Education Association and the Connecticut Working Families Party.
Research
points to better test scores in reading and math
when struggling
readers use audiobooks.
They're doing this by: — not listing Hachette titles — setting Hatchette title prices at (sometimes extraordinarily) high price
points to discourage
readers from buying them — setting shipping dates for already - available Hachette books at 3 - 5 weeks out, instead of making them immediately available — suggesting other books
when readers search for Hachette titles
Now that Amazon has unblocked a Norwegian
reader's Kindle account after, without reason or warning, locking down her Kindle, I think we're at a
point when we need to start taking back our digital property.
At the
point when setting up a work for production, make certain you realize what inquiry you're replying, and verify whether the paper makes clear for
reader what that question is.
But that ebook won't be readable in any device that doesn't directly support Microsoft
Reader, limiting the purchaser's options for reading it and, almost certainly, making it unreadable at some
point in the future
when the technology has long been superseded.
This got shoved into the front of my brain yesterday
when one of my favorite local bookstores linked off to an opinion article written by a twenty - something who was stridently against electronic
readers — to the
point that they'd confessed to having irrational hatred for seeing other people reading them.
The author of
When She Woke
pointed this out to her
readers so very well and I hope that each of us takes away a better understanding of what prejudice really is.
When you are faced with the reality that mainstream
readers don't like your selfish imposition, you whine and
point your finger.
It is possible to see the foundations of the modern eBook from such activity, as the necessity for reflowable text
when reading on a Portable Digital Assistant (PDA) led to the formation of the Open eBook Publication Structure (a precursor to the EPUB format) in 1999, and several portable devices such as the Game Boy Advance, PalmPilot and SoftBook had facilities for modems, allowing
readers to receive books without using a computer, often seen as one of the core selling
points of the original Kindle.
When I used a different editor for a short story last winter, I even had a
reader point out that it had more errors than she was used to in my novels.
While Laura Kaye goes into this a little in her post as well, Jami Gold asked her
readers which price
point they felt most comfortable with
when it came to purchasing -LSB-...]
And in related reading, Nate Hoffelder at The Digital
Reader put together a few
points from five years ago,
when the Kindle was introduced.
When we talk about the writing, we explain what we do or don't like, and often the editors will get other «first
readers» from inside the company to weigh in on the writing to make sure we're not biased by, say, a few people who just really don't like first - person
point - of - view.
My overall
point remains that at the end of the day,
when entities as big as Amazon and Hachette go at it, the people who are ultimately hurt by this are still authors — who can't sell their stuff via Amazon — and
readers, who can't buy the books they may want to get.
A few years ago it was a big deal
when E Ink ebook
readers finally hit the sub - $ 100 price
point; now just half of that can get you the entry level Kindle.
But there is the
point when you need to «leave the nest» and branch out, and that can feel like a lonely slog, especially if you don't have
readers yet.
When asked to read a story and arrange 14 plot
points in the correct order, Kindle
readers performed twice as poorly as those who had sat down with a paperback.
We appreciate it
when readers and people quoted in articles or blog posts
point out errors of fact or emphasis and will investigate all assertions.
When asked to read a story and arrange 14 plot
points in the correct order, Kindle
readers performed
He
pointed out that
readers would email him only a matter of hours after downloading the first installment in his Silo Saga, demanding to know
when the next portion would be available.
The author or publisher earns credit for a full read
when the
reader reaches a certain trigger
point, measured by the percentage of the book that is read.
Nesser's name looked familiar to me
when I first saw the advance
reader's copy of Borkmann's
Point, but I couldn't quite remember why.
And
when the bird asks with whom, the girls
points right at the
reader and confirms, «This kid.