Klaynos Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 So... I'm writing my dissertation and the above question interests me, in your view do they or don't they?
drochaid Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 They do for every paper I've ever written ... the title doesn't, the references don't, the appendices don't, almost everything else generally does. But perhaps you should check with your prof. so you're not guessing?
Klaynos Posted March 30, 2008 Author Posted March 30, 2008 They do for every paper I've ever written ... the title doesn't, the references don't, the appendices don't, almost everything else generally does. But perhaps you should check with your prof. so you're not guessing? Fig titles and stuff don't count, and I know of no situation where they would. My supervisor wont know... The other marker probably will but will get suspicious if I ask... Your dissertation has a word count? Yeah, max of 10k... It's an undergraduate masters dissertation....
iNow Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 If you can't ask, then it's probably best to go for the "sure thing" and make sure you're below 10k even counting the abstract.
Klaynos Posted March 30, 2008 Author Posted March 30, 2008 It was more a question of interest, than actual application in this case...
drochaid Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Fig titles and stuff don't count, and I know of no situation where they would. You'll note I said "almost everything" and not "everything"... My papers don't have enough figures to care about the wordcounts, so I didn't bother to mention it.
Klaynos Posted March 30, 2008 Author Posted March 30, 2008 You'll note I said "almost everything" and not "everything"... My papers don't have enough figures to care about the wordcounts, so I didn't bother to mention it. Sorry I didn't mean to imply anything bad by that, my wording of sentences is a bit shot to pieces atm... Writing in the third person is annoying. I've got about 750 words in fig titles! *sigh*
drochaid Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Sorry I didn't mean to imply anything bad by that, my wording of sentences is a bit shot to pieces atm... Writing in the third person is annoying. I've got about 750 words in fig titles! *sigh* ..that would appear to be somewhat more relevant for you then
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