[WikiEN-l] An alternative to "critics"

[Fred Bauder]

On Jul 31, 2006, at 8:30 AM, Steve Bennett 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"?

The name of the source or sources.

Fred