[WikiEN-l] An alternative to "critics"

Adam Lorenz kungfuadam at gmail.com
Mon Jul 31 14:32:41 UTC 2006


I would just delete the whole sentence.

Adam


On 7/31/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've never much liked sentences that start "Critics argue that...".
> Here's an alternative I saw at [[Tied Test]]:
>
> --
> Some commentators believed Chappell should have taken Snedden's word
> that the catch was good.
> --
>
> I find this to be more natural, less contrived, and more NPOV.
> "Critics" seems to imply that the people had it in for the subject of
> the article for some reason. "Commentators" is much more neutral -
> just (presumably somewhat notable) people who expressed an opinion on
> the event.
>
> Any opinions? Other alternatives to the infamous "critics"?
>
> Steve
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