Unrelated sentences

[redbird]

• Thank goodness that's finished!


• Calling something a "science" doesn't make it one.


• I have been diligent, if belatedly.


• I did not go to the gym today, because I didn't believe I could avoid doing anything that might make a sore shoulder sorer.

Comments

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

Calling something a "science" doesn't make it one.

The version I was taught is more like "If it's called a science it probably isn't."

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

Oh *really*?

Adrian Turtle, Materials Scientist.

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

That's what the "probably" is there for - there are sciences that don't have ready access to a suitable Greek or Latin root word.