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scare quotes
Dear DVdm, I am not so naïve as to try to meddle with as edit by such an authority as yourself, but I am still able to say to you that I think the single quotes were appropriate. They helped the reader to deal with the fact that the singular was being used for a plural.Chjoaygame (talk) 17:20, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Chjoaygame: yes, that's true, but o.t.o.h. the reader could also think that Wikipedia distances itself from the otherwise common interpretation of the quoted expression, as is suggested in MOS:SCAREQUOTES. - DVdm (talk) 18:13, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for your reply. I was just using the inverted commas to warn of the non-literal meaning of 'an observer', because there isn't prior mention of an actually single observer to whom the phrase 'such an observer' refers. I wasn't using the inverted commas to indicate scare or scepticism, but I defer to your knowledge of the rules. Now that you bring my closer attention to it, I see that the syntax of 'such an observer' is objectionable. I now think that it would be better with another construction. I won't right now try it, but perhaps I may think about it.Chjoaygame (talk) 21:16, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Chjoaygame: I was just thinking about this and had this edit ready, when I went back here to have a look at your comment again. Perhaps this is a solution? - DVdm (talk) 21:30, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for your care. I don't like that because it seems to attribute, to the special theory of relativity, a concept of an interrupted observer, which I don't see as properly belonging to that that theory. I would prefer a deeper reconstruction of the sentence. Chjoaygame (talk) 06:47, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, you are right. See my next stab. - DVdm (talk) 09:13, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for your care in this. I find your edit to be good. I suggest a little anaphora, replacing "The situation at the turnaround point can be thought of as ..." with 'This can be thought of as ...', if you like.Chjoaygame (talk) 09:47, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, you are right. See my next stab. - DVdm (talk) 09:13, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for your care. I don't like that because it seems to attribute, to the special theory of relativity, a concept of an interrupted observer, which I don't see as properly belonging to that that theory. I would prefer a deeper reconstruction of the sentence. Chjoaygame (talk) 06:47, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Chjoaygame: I was just thinking about this and had this edit ready, when I went back here to have a look at your comment again. Perhaps this is a solution? - DVdm (talk) 21:30, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for your reply. I was just using the inverted commas to warn of the non-literal meaning of 'an observer', because there isn't prior mention of an actually single observer to whom the phrase 'such an observer' refers. I wasn't using the inverted commas to indicate scare or scepticism, but I defer to your knowledge of the rules. Now that you bring my closer attention to it, I see that the syntax of 'such an observer' is objectionable. I now think that it would be better with another construction. I won't right now try it, but perhaps I may think about it.Chjoaygame (talk) 21:16, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
