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Old 21-Apr-2006, 04:29
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What is the meaning of :

impersonal or personal language?

false or fabricated data?

experimental results?
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Personal language is direct- you made a mistake- while imprersonal is less direct- a mistake was made.
If the person made up the data, then 'fabricated' would work better for me.
Are the results experimental or are they the results of the experiment?
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Old 21-Apr-2006, 05:23
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Thanks for your reply.

But I think I still don't understand fabricated or false data.
Please help.
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Fabricated and false data mean "made up, untrue or incorrect data".

Last edited by panjandrum; 21-Apr-2006 at 14:22.
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Thank you for your reply.

That was very helpful.
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