'Just Rewards (2)'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Related to weird style guides for publications:
Our style is to not use "over" for time -- like, instead of "Rates increased over the past decade," it would be "Rates increased during the past decade."
But I cannot come up with alternate phrasing for "over time" that doesn't sound ridiculous. "Rates increased during time"? NOPE. "Rates increased across time"? Um...weird. "Rates increased throughout time"? Also weird.
I'm stumped on this one.
"Rated increased in a positive correlation with the arrow of time."
I think "across time" is a common enough phrase.
I think "across time" is a common enough phrase.
Really? It sounds weird to me, although that could just be the way that ANY word will sound weird if you say it enough (tartlet).
I've started the massive project of going through 20-odd chapters that constitute the "bible" for the association I work for. I'm finding that (1) the damn things weren't given more than a cursory proofreading before being laid out and (2) the person who did them changed style/usage throughout documents, even on the same page. oy
(tartlet)
Semantic satiation sounds like it should be dirty.
"across time" sounds like it should be used in a time-traveling story.
What about "rates increased between X DATE and Y DATE" or is that taking too much license with the original text?
Rates increased as time continued its inexorable march into the future.