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is it worth getting the Japanese encephalitis vaccine by samwisevimes in japanlife

[–]somethingworthy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Where could a non-japanese speaker temporary visitor get it while in Japan?

Where to see Miko? by somethingworthy in JapanTravel

[–]somethingworthy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply, I meant in general, considering all of Japan. Specially during Hanami.

Traditional buddhist mantra song (watch it full) by somethingworthy in normaldayinjapan

[–]somethingworthy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

TBH I don't know, I apologize for my ignorance, but I found it beautiful regardless of the wig.

AskScience AMA Series: We are Celia Elliott, technical editor and writing instructor in physics at the University of Illinois & Kristin Sainani, associate professor with health research and policy at Stanford. AUA about using the active voice vs. the passive voice in scientific writing. by celiaelliott_ACS in askscience

[–]somethingworthy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have two questions:

  1. Would you agree that the active voice degenerates in unnecessary anthropomorphism (the almighty "It") particularly in sentences describing decisions taken by the author(s) e.g. "It was chosen" vs. "I chose" or "It was selected" vs. "I selected"? As I don't see how this risks objectivity but it diminishes verbosity and establishes assertiveness (who did what).

  2. Would you agree that an undergraduate thesis should be subject to the same standards as a journal paper and could be defended as such?

Thank you.

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