NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
What does " their entries" refer to?
If it is the entries in the standard reference work, should it be "(among) its entries"?
Context:
Repeating Leuba's methods presente challenges. For his general surveys, he randomly polled scientists listed in the standard reference work, American Men of Science(AMS). We used the current edition.In Leuba's day,AMS editors designated the "great scientists" among their entries, a Leuba used these to identify his "greater scientists". The AMS no longer makes these designations, so we chose as our "greater" scientists members of the NAS, status that once assured designation as "great scientists" in the earlAMS. Our method surely generated a more elite sample than Leuba°Os method, which (if th quoted comments by Leuba and Atkins are correct) may explain the extremely low level of belief among our respondents.
Context:
Repeating Leuba's methods presente challenges. For his general surveys, he randomly polled scientists listed in the standard reference work, American Men of Science(AMS). We used the current edition.In Leuba's day,AMS editors designated the "great scientists" among their entries, a Leuba used these to identify his "greater scientists". The AMS no longer makes these designations, so we chose as our "greater" scientists members of the NAS, status that once assured designation as "great scientists" in the earlAMS. Our method surely generated a more elite sample than Leuba°Os method, which (if th quoted comments by Leuba and Atkins are correct) may explain the extremely low level of belief among our respondents.
Top answer
NL888 their = the editors' CJ
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NL888 Did the editors make a list with many entries recording scientists?There is nothing in the text you quote that answers that question. I don't know if the editors made a list with few entries or with many entries.
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