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use e.g. instead.
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Holocryptic
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There is some inconsistency in the wording that kind of bugs me. In the following...

... we go from using "including" to "such as" and back to "including". The meanings of the words/phrase in this case are essentially the same, so we should settle on one or the other or something else entirely. I propose cutting out "such as" and changing it to "including" and using that forinstead use "e.g." in all future instances where warranted (I'm thinking specifically of John G's proposed edit as well). I think it will solve the uniformity issue while not sounding too repetitive on the tongue.

There is some inconsistency in the wording that kind of bugs me. In the following...

... we go from using "including" to "such as" and back to "including". The meanings of the words/phrase in this case are essentially the same, so we should settle on one or the other. I propose cutting out "such as" and changing it to "including" and using that for all future instances where warranted (I'm thinking specifically of John G's proposed edit).

There is some inconsistency in the wording that kind of bugs me. In the following...

... we go from using "including" to "such as" and back to "including". The meanings of the words/phrase in this case are essentially the same, so we should settle on one or the other or something else entirely. I propose cutting out "such as" and "including" and instead use "e.g." in all instances where warranted (I'm thinking specifically of John G's proposed edit as well). I think it will solve the uniformity issue while not sounding too repetitive on the tongue.

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Holocryptic
Holocryptic
  • 5.7k
  • 16
  • 17

There is some inconsistency in the wording that kind of bugs me. In the following...

... we go from using "including" to "such as" and back to "including". The meanings of the words/phrase in this case are essentially the same, so we should settle on one or the other. I propose cutting out "such as" and changing it to "including" and using that for all future instances where warranted (I'm thinking specifically of John G's proposed edit).