Timeline for How much of humor in a formal academic writing is considered as disrespect?
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| Oct 12, 2014 at 15:22 | comment | added | Massimo Ortolano | Without knowing the context, the complete sentence and what kind of text you're writing, I cannot judge. However, I'm quite sure that that piece of humour won't make your text any greater, but it can make it much worse, and I second EnergyNumbers' comment: if in doubt, leave it out. | |
| Oct 12, 2014 at 15:00 | comment | added | Yes | Well, what I intended is to use a more conservative parlance to substitute a coarse one such as "cheat on". Would "cheat on" be dangerous, how do you think? | |
| Oct 12, 2014 at 14:46 | history | answered | Massimo Ortolano | CC BY-SA 3.0 |