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fuzzyamy

Acknowledgments

Oct 14, 2009 12:10

I have to write the acknowledgments section of my thesis in the next few days. I'm currently open to suggestions about what I might put it in, both people I should thank, and the language I should use to thank them ( Read more... )

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jewymcjewjew October 14 2009, 17:12:55 UTC

Mine was pretty generic, but I think I used the word "awesome" 3 or 4 times. (I just thanked my family, committee, department, and friends.) I can send you the whole section if you want, but it's just two pages of names and actions.

fuzzyamy October 15 2009, 13:57:10 UTC

I wouldn't mind reading it if you send it along.

jewymcjewjew October 15 2009, 23:35:15 UTC

The edit is hilarious, and personally I'd say it's due to the lack of a comma.

Anyway, I'll send you my stuff in the next day or two - it's surprisingly difficult to grab 2 pages out of a 100+ page PDF document when the "Print" option doesn't work.

communtycard October 14 2009, 17:57:57 UTC

I'd like to thank David Hasselhoff for his contributions to cinema, television & music recording. Without the inspiration of Mr. Hasselhoff, I do not think I would have been enervated enough to complete my education.

fuzzyamy October 15 2009, 13:55:49 UTC

Clever today, just weird in 20 years?

communtycard October 16 2009, 21:27:41 UTC

I'll let you know in 15 years because that's what I put in my undergraduate thesis which became an piece for the american economics journal: mircoeconomics. He was the only person I acknowledged in that article.

mycrust October 14 2009, 23:24:31 UTC

English?

*rimshot*

luke2k October 15 2009, 01:01:39 UTC

I am wondering whether I should name names when it comes to friends/lovers, or just say something generic. I have scoured proquest for other dissertations from people I know, and they each seem to do something different.

fuzzyamy October 15 2009, 13:56:50 UTC

Right. My advisor (who wrote a European thesis: 4 papers pasted in with an introduction) names lab people who helped him, but not friends/family.

jewymcjewjew October 15 2009, 23:36:41 UTC

I named friends but not lovers... not really sure why. I guess it seems weird to thank people with whom I'm not currently on speaking terms [insert joke about removing ball gag here]

communtycard October 16 2009, 21:28:50 UTC

"I guess it seems weird to thank people with whom I'm not currently on [b]SPANKING[/b] terms." Fixed that for you.