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Palinkasocsi Posted 17 years ago
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Mostly the 1980s
Dear Friends,
If you are referring to the theories of the 1980s and 90s and you also have only one theory from 2000, what do you say:
"My paper is a criticism of the theories of the 1980s and 90s and of one theory from 2000."
I find this solution a bit awkward.
Or:
"My paper is a criticism of the theories of mostly the 1980s and 90s." ('mostly' indicating here that there may be theories from the 21st century) - perhaps it is even more awkward than the first sentence, anyway
Any better suggestions?
Thank you.
Palinkasocsi
If you are referring to the theories of the 1980s and 90s and you also have only one theory from 2000, what do you say:
"My paper is a criticism of the theories of the 1980s and 90s and of one theory from 2000."
I find this solution a bit awkward.
Or:
"My paper is a criticism of the theories of mostly the 1980s and 90s." ('mostly' indicating here that there may be theories from the 21st century) - perhaps it is even more awkward than the first sentence, anyway
Any better suggestions?
Thank you.
Palinkasocsi
Top answer
Why not just say something such as "from 1980 to 2000" or "between 1980 and 2000"? I would also mention that without any further context, saying "a criticism of the theories of the 1980s and 90s" suggests disapproval of all of the theories in that time frame. If you don't plan to discuss all of the theories, you could omit the word "the" and, depending on what you mean exactly, it might be better to say that your paper is a "critique" or a "critical discussion" of theories in that time frame.
- Why not just say something such as "from 1980 to 2000" or "between 1980 and 2000"?
- I would also mention that without any further context, saying "a criticism of the theories of the 1980s and 90s" suggests disapproval of all of the theories in that time frame.
- If you don't plan to discuss all of the theories, you could omit the word "the" and, depending on what you mean exactly, it might be better to say that your paper is a "critique" or a "critical discussion" of theories in that time frame.
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Why not just say something such as "from 1980 to 2000" or "between 1980 and 2000"?
I would also mention that without any further context, saying "a criticism of the theories of the 1980s and 90s" suggests disapproval of all of the theories
I would also mention that without any further context, saying "a criticism of the theories of the 1980s and 90s" suggests disapproval of all of the theories
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